Species seen of the class Insecta are limited and, pleasantly, mosquitoes are not a problem. Many species of whales and six species of seals are known for Greenland waters. There are seven species of baleen whales or those without teeth but with strips of whale-bone, baleen, hanging from the roof of the mouth. These strips are frayed along the edges and they strain from the water small organisms on which the whales feed. See the mammals list below.
Many sea cliffs have gulls and seabirds present.
A table of the mammals found in the Thule project area is available in pdf format. You will need Acrobat Reader to open, read and print this file. CyberSystems Internet Publishing Inc. Copyright 1999 The Peregrine Fund. All Rights Reserved.