The terrestrial mammals covered here are the Arctic Fox , the Polar Bear , the Caribou , the Muskox and the Grizzly Bear . Seals and Walrus The Inuktitut name for seals is Nattiit. The Walrus is called Aiviq.
Most seals bear their young in the spring on the sea ice or in birth lairs in snow covering the ice.
They often haul out onto the ice to moult their fur in late spring, and then migrate to summer feeding grounds. All of the seals in the Canadian Arctic are earless seals. The seals covered here are the Bearded Seal , the Harbour Seal , the Harp Seal , the Hooded Seal and the Ringed Seal . The Walrus is also covered. A baleen whale is a whale that, rather than having teeth for eating, has plates of fingernail-like material hanging down from the upper jaw that are used to strain small animals from the water.