On the Status of Some Arctic Mammals
The mammal fauna of arctic Alaska is comprised of about thirty species, most of which are widely distributed. A few of these are essentially nearctic species, having extended their range northwestward during post-Pleistocene time. The majority, however, consists of forms which are either circumborea...
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DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1953
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/497 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1508/viewcontent/Rausch_1953_ARCTIC_On_the_Status_of_Some_Arctic_Mammals.pdf |
| Summary: | The mammal fauna of arctic Alaska is comprised of about thirty species, most of which are widely distributed. A few of these are essentially nearctic species, having extended their range northwestward during post-Pleistocene time. The majority, however, consists of forms which are either circumboreal in their distribution, or which have closely-related palearctic counterparts-considered specifically distinct hy most North American mammalogists. Sorne of the foremost Old World workers, however, do not agree that Bering Strait constitutes a barrier which effectively separates the Old World fauna from the New. |
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