--- title: "#Arctic Tundra Animals & Superpower Traits (17 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Enduring the long, freezing winters of the far north, on permafrost, snow and ice or in the cold seas beside them. Explore all 17 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" --- # #Arctic Tundra Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations > Enduring the long, freezing winters of the far north, on permafrost, snow and ice or in the cold seas beside them. - **Trait Category**: Extreme Biomes - **Species Count**: 17 Curated Creatures - **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/arctic-tundra/) ## Species With #Arctic Tundra - [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) - [Bowhead Whale](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bowhead-whale/) (*Balaena mysticetus*) - **Superpower**: A bow-shaped skull about a third of its body length, large and thick enough to break through sea ice 8 inches thick. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Anoushka Shankar (South Asian Raga & Indian Fusion) - [Gray Wolf](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gray-wolf/) (*Canis lupus*) - **Superpower**: A sprint of up to 38 miles per hour (61 km/h) paired with a howl that can carry up to ten miles across Arctic tundra to rally the pack. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Myrkur (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal) - [Great Horned Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-horned-owl/) (*Bubo virginianus*) - **Superpower**: Talons that take a force of 13 kg to open, strong enough to sever the spinal column of prey larger than itself. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Julee Cruise (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Moose](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moose/) (*Alces alces*) - **Superpower**: Legs that can sometimes move through deep snow more easily than a wolf's, plus a top speed of up to 35 mph. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Kyuss (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove) - [Muskox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskox/) (*Ovibos moschatus*) - **Superpower**: Four inches of horn and three inches of bone over a bull's brain - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Conan (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Narwhal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/narwhal/) (*Monodon monoceros*) - **Superpower**: Spiral Tusk Up to 9.8 Feet & 1,500-Meter, 25-Minute Dives - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Norway Lemming](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/norway-lemming/) (*Lemmus lemmus*) - **Superpower**: Aposematic (warning) coloration and behavior - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Sam Sparro (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem) - [Orca (Killer Whale)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/orca/) (*Orcinus orca*) - **Superpower**: Sophisticated matrilineal acoustic dialects and cooperative wave-washing attacks. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Data Deficient - **Soundtrack**: Rage Against the Machine (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal) - [Peregrine Falcon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/peregrine-falcon/) (*Falco peregrinus*) - **Superpower**: A stoop dive topping 320 km/h (200 mph), steered by the same proportional-navigation math used in guided missiles - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Antonio Vivaldi (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Polar Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/polar-bear/) (*Ursus maritimus*) - **Superpower**: Jet-black skin under hollow, clear guard hairs, with up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) of fat beneath it. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Chelsea Wolfe (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal) - [Red Fox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-fox/) (*Vulpes vulpes*) - **Superpower**: When a red fox hunts under snow or in tall grass, its successful pounces are tightly clustered to the north, while leaps in other directions mostly miss. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: The Ting Tings (Dance-Punk & Electroclash) - [Reindeer (Caribou)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/reindeer/) (*Rangifer tarandus*) - **Superpower**: A tapetum lucidum (mirror layer behind the retina) that shifts from gold-turquoise in summer to deep blue in winter to match Arctic twilight, paired with a retina that also responds to ultraviolet light. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Mari Boine (Nordic Dark Folk & Ritual Atmospheric) - [Snowy Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/snowy-owl/) (*Bubo scandiacus*) - **Superpower**: Usually watches for prey from a perch, then swoops down in a "wallop" to snatch it with strong talons. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Slowdive (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Walrus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/walrus/) (*Odobenus rosmarus*) - **Superpower**: About 400 to 700 whiskers on a snout that a walrus moves through seafloor sediment to find food. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Wardruna (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal) - [Wolverine](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wolverine/) (*Gulo gulo*) - **Superpower**: Durophagous (bone-crushing) teeth, the stiffest and most crush-resistant jaw-joint bone of 40 carnivores tested, and a powerful jaw and large neck muscles that let it crush and use bones and frozen flesh. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Turnstile (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore) - [Wood Frog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wood-frog/) (*Lithobates sylvaticus*) - **Superpower**: Extreme biological cryoprotection and whole-body freezing survival - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Molchat Doma (Coldwave & Glacial Post-Punk) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/arctic-tundra/#collection", "name": "#Arctic Tundra Animals", "description": "Enduring the long, freezing winters of the far north, on permafrost, snow and ice or in the cold seas beside them. 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