Arctic Tundra Animals List. For its twigs and leaves such as the arctic hare. We’ve been lucky enough to travel to the arctic a few times and we’ve also had the privilege of visiting some pretty special wildlife sanctuaries to get up close and personal with tundra animals that often remain elusive and hard to see.
The habitat has a long and brutal winter and the barren landscape provides many challenges. There are also a few fish species. There are few species with large populations.
The arctic peregrine falcon is one of the success stories of the alaskan tundra.
The tricky fox used to make tunnel in thick snow covered area to. Penguins are found in the antarctic tundra habitat where they inhabit the land and waters of. They must also be able to raise their young during the very short summer months. Such animals include the polar bear (ursus maritimus), arctic fox (alopex lagopus), arctic wolf (canis lupus), arctic hare (lepus arcticus), arctic weasel (mustela), snowy owl (nyctea scandiaca), several species of lemming (a group of rodents that make up part of the subfamily arvicolinae) and ptarmigan (lagopus), and a number of species of waterfowl.