THE MORE COMMON SHELLFISH 



Clams : 



Butter clam (Saxi<Jomus giganteus) 

 Cockle (Cardium corbis) 

 Littleneck clam (Paphia staminea) 

 Razor clam (Siliqua patula) 



Crabs : 

 Dungen ess crab (Cancer magiater) 

 King crab (Paralithodes camtschatica) 

 Tanner crab (Chionoectes opilio) 



Oysters : Pacific oyster ( Crassotrea 

 giffas) 



Scallops : 



liay scallop (Pecten hindsii) 



Giant scallop (Pecten cuarinus) 



Rock scallop or rock oyster (Hinnites 



gif/antcus) 

 Shrimps : 



Coon stripe shrimp (Pandalus hypsino- 



tux) 

 Humpy shrimp (Pandalus goniurus) 

 Pink shrimp (Pandalus barealis) 

 Sidestripe shrimp (Pandalopsis dis- 



par) 

 Spot shrimp (Pandalus platyceros) 



MAMMALS OF ALASKA, LAND AND MARINE 



This is a reasonably comprehensive, though not complete, list of land 

 and marine mammals of Alaska. 



Bat: Alaska little brown bat (Myotis 



lucifugus) 

 Bears : 



Black bear (Euarctos species), in- 

 cludes Glacier bear, or so-called 

 blue bear (Euarctos enmionsii) 

 Brown bear ( Ursus species) , includes 

 Kodiak bear (Ursus middendorffi) 

 Grizzly bear (Ursus species), in- 

 cludes Toklat grizzly bear (Ursus 

 toklat) 

 Polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus) 

 Beaver (Castor canadensis) 

 Bison : American bison, or buffalo (Bison 



bison) introduced in 1928 

 Caribou (Rangifer arcticus) 

 Cony. See Pika. 



Coyote : Northern coyote ( Canus lat- 



rans), a newcomer to Alaska at the 



turn of the century, following Yukon 



Gold Rush. 



Deer: Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoil- 



eus hcmionus) 

 Dolphin: Right-whale dolphin (Lissodel- 



phis borealis) 

 Elk: American elk, or wapiti (Cervus 

 canadensis) introduced in 1928 



Foxes : 

 Arctic, white, or blue fox (Alopex 



lagopus) 

 Red, cross, or silver fox (Vulpes 

 fulva) 

 Goat: Alaska mountain goat (Oreamtios 



kennedyi ) 

 Hares : 



Alaska hare (Lepus othus) 

 "Varying hare (Lepus americanus) 

 Lemmings : 



Brown lemming (Lemmus trimucrona- 



tus) 

 Collared lemming (Dici'ostonyx groen- 

 landicus) 

 Lynx: Canada lynx (Lynx can-adensis) 

 Marmot : Hoary marmot (Marmota cali- 



gata) 

 Marten (Maries americana) 

 Mice : 



House mouse (Mus musculus) 

 Jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) 

 Lemming mouse (Synaptomys borealis) 

 Meadow mouse : several species be- 

 longing to genus MicrotUrS 

 Red-backed mouse: two species, (Gle- 

 thrionomys rutilus and Clethriono- 

 mys gapperi) 



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