Now . . .

Animals shown in white no longer exist, yellow-outlined species (or closely related forms ) survive, but not in Alaska; the rest still dwell there.

Extinct Animals
 
Survivors
not now living in Alaska
      
Survivors
still living in Alaska
Woolly Mammoth Wapiti or Elk Moose
American Mastodon       Musk Ox Caribou
Ground Sloth Yak Dall Sheep
Large Horned Bison Horse Human
Stag Moose Saiga Antelope Beaver
Camel Badger Alaska Tundra Hare
Woodland Musk Ox Ferret Arctic Ground Squirrel
Short-faced Bear   Brown Lemming
Lion-like Cat   Grizzly Bear
Saber-toothed Cat   Wolf
    Lynx
    Wolverine
    Red Fox
    Arctic Fox



What happened to all these creatures?





Painting by Jay Maternis, Courtesy of The Smithsonian Institution