Appendix: Northern Animal Illustrations

The animals illustrated below by artist Emily Kearney-Williams were selected primarily on the basis of their connections to the topic or geography of individual chapters, although several were chosen in recognition of their somewhat iconic status as animals of the Arctic. In all cases, however, the animals illustrated are broadly distributed across the Arctic and have cultural importance to the region’s Indigenous peoples.

Each of the animals illustrated is identified not only by its common name and scientific name but also by its name in one or more Indigenous languages. Scientific names are taken from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/), version 2017-3.

**Narwhal**
*Monodon monoceros*
Northwest Greenlandic: *Qilaluqaq qernertaq*

**Gray Wolf or Black Wolf**
*Canis lupus*
Gwich’in: *Zhóh*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Kegluneq*

**Raven**
*Corvus corax*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Tulukaruk*
Iñupiaq: *Tulugaq*
Tanacross: *Taatsą́ą’*

**Walrus**
*Odobenus rosmarus*
Nunivak Cup’ig: *Kauxpax*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Azveq*
Central Siberian Yupik: *Ayveq*
Iñupiaq: *Aiviq*

**Muskox**
*Ovibos moschatus*
Siglitun: *Umingmak*
Uummarmiutun: *Umiŋmak*

**Red Salmon or Sockeye Salmon**
*Oncorhynchus nerka*
Ahtna: *Łuk’ae*

**Wolverine**
*Gulo gulo*
Iñupiaq: *Qavvik*
Koyukon: *Nełtseel*

**Brown Bear or Grizzly Bear**
*Ursus arctos*
Gwich’in: *Shih*

**Snowy Owl**
*Bubo scandiacus*
Inuktitut: *Ukppik*

**Bowhead Whale**
*Balaena mysticetus*
Central Siberian Yup’ik: *Arveq*

**Caribou**
*Rangifer tarandus*
Inuinnaqtun: *Tuktu*
Inuktitut: *Tuttuk*

**Lynx**
*Lynx canadensis*
Lower Tanana: *Niduuy*
Iñupiaq: *Niutuiyiq*

**Polar Bear**
*Ursus maritimus*
Inuktitut: *Na’nuq*

**Harbor Seal**
*Phoca vitulina*
Tlingit: *Tsaa*

**Red Fox**
*Vulpes vulpes*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Kaviaq*

**Golden Eagle**
*Aquila chrysaetos*
Iñupiaq: *Tiŋmiaqpak*
Upper Kuskokwim: *Yode*

**American Beaver**
*Castor canadensis*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Paluqtaq*

**Black Bear**
*Ursus americanus*
Inupiatun: *Iyyaġri*

**Broad Whitefish**
*Coregonus nasus*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Akakiik, Qaurtuq*

**Arctic Ground Squirrel**
*Urocitellus parryii*
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: *Cikik*
Iñupiaq: *Siksrik*

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