List of Arctic megafauna

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Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna in Arctic climates are listed here.

Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos) Aivukus † Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Elephant Seal (genus Mirounga) Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes fosterii) Glyptodon † Giant Walrus † (Imagotaria downsi) Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandica) Irish Elk †

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Leucas Beluga † (Delphinapterus leucas) Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Narwhal (Monodon Monoceros) Nordenskjoeld's Giant Penguin † (Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi) Woolly Mammoth † (Mammuthus primigenius) Muskox Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Steller's Sea Cow † (Hydrodamalis gigas) Swan-necked Seal † (Acrophoca longirostris) Tundra Swan (Cygnus bewicki) Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)