Trait CollectionExtreme Biomes
Alpine
Surviving above the tree line in freezing winds, rocky boulder fields, and sparse seasonal alpine meadows.
4 creatures with this trait
Alpine Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra
Mountain relative of goats and antelopes, with hooves that grip slippery rock and hook-tipped horns on females as well as males.
Balkan Brass & Romani Folk RiotView →
Alpine Marmot
Marmota marmota
A whistling mountain sentinel that slashes its metabolism to hibernate, then regrows its gut after it wakes.
Balkan Brass & Romani Folk RiotView →
American Pika
Ochotona princeps
A rabbit relative that stacks hay in summer and can be killed by two hours above 28°C.
Art Punk & Experimental Post-PunkView →
Arctic Fox
Vulpes lagopus
Feet kept just above the point where living tissue freezes, a coat color set by one gene, and satellite-tracked treks of up to 40 kilometers to hotspots on the sea ice.
Glacial Ambient & Drone SoundscapesView →