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title: "#Alpine Animals & Superpower Traits (4 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Surviving above the tree line in freezing winds, rocky boulder fields, and sparse seasonal alpine meadows. Explore all 4 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
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# #Alpine Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Surviving above the tree line in freezing winds, rocky boulder fields, and sparse seasonal alpine meadows.

- **Trait Category**: Extreme Biomes
- **Species Count**: 4 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/alpine/)

## Species With #Alpine

- [Alpine Chamois](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alpine-chamois/) (*Rupicapra rupicapra*)
  - **Superpower**: Hooves that are excellent for gripping slippery rock, and a habit of fleeing to the hardest places to reach, often with huge leaps.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Shantel (Balkan Brass & Romani Folk Riot)
- [Alpine Marmot](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alpine-marmot/) (*Marmota marmota*)
  - **Superpower**: Hibernation bouts that start with a 95% cut in metabolic rate, and a small intestine that grows 259% in mass between spring emergence and July
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Fanfare Ciocărlia (Balkan Brass & Romani Folk Riot)
- [American Pika](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-pika/) (*Ochotona princeps*)
  - **Superpower**: Stacks a winter hay pile in summer instead of hibernating
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Tune-Yards (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk)
- [Arctic Fox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/arctic-fox/) (*Vulpes lagopus*)
  - **Superpower**: Feet held just above the point where living tissue freezes, and a body that needs no extra energy to stay warm even at -40°C.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Ásgeir (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes)

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