page_title: List of mammals of Nunavut
section_title: Carnivora (ᓂᕐᑭᑐᖅᑎᑦ, ᓂᕿᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᓈᖅ, niqituinnainaaq)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Nunavut / Mammal (ᐱᓱᒃᑎ, pisukti) / Carnivora (ᓂᕐᑭᑐᖅᑎᑦ, ᓂᕿᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᓈᖅ, niqituinnainaaq)
caption_attribution_description: Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus, on ice flow in Foxe Basin (near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada)
context_page_description: Nunavut has several species of mammals, of which the Inuit found use for almost all. The larger animals such as the caribou would be eaten, with the skin used for tents and clothing and the sinew used for thread. In lean times even animals such as the fox would have been eaten and some people did eat it even when other foods were available. With the arrival of the traders the fox skin became a valuable source for trade, however, traditionally the skin was not often used except as a sanitary napkin. The skins of smaller animals such as the weasel would have been used to provide decoration on clothing.
  Some of the animals in this list, such as the lynx, are rarely seen as they live mainly in the very southern part of the territory away from any communities.
  There are several different dialects of Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun as well as two alphabets, Inuktitut syllabics and Latin. The Inuit name or spelling may differ from one region to another and in extreme cases from one community to another.
context_section_description: Canidae (ᕐᑭᒻᐅᔭᑦ)
  Grey wolf (ᐊᒪᕈᖅ, amaruq) Canis lupus, predominantly the subspecies Arctic wolf, Canis lupus arctos
  Arctic fox (ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ, tiriganniak, tiriqaniaq) Alopex lagopus or Vulpes lagopus
  Red fox (ᑲᔪᖅ, kajuqtuq, kajuit) Vulpes vulpes
  Felidae (ᑯᑭᓕᒑᕐᔪᐃᑦ)
  Canada lynx (ᐱᖅᑐᖅᓯᕋᖅ, piqtuqsiraq) Lynx canadensis
  Ursidae (ᓄᑭᓖᑦ)
  Polar bear (ᓇᓄᖅ, nanuq) Ursus maritimus
  Grizzly bear (ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᖕᒋᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᒃᖤᒃ, atiqpuq) Ursus arctos horribilis
  Black bear (ᐊᒃᖤᒃ, aklaq) Ursus americanus
  Mustelidae (ᑎᕆᐊᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ)
  Wolverine (ᖃᕝᕕᒃ, qalvik, qavvik) Gulo gulo
  Ermine (ᑎᕆᐊᖅ, tiriaqpak, tiqiak) Mustela erminea
  Least weasel (ᒥᑭᓂᖅᓴᖅ ᑎᕆᐊᖅ, tiriaq, tiqiak) Mustela nivalis
  American mink (ᑎᕆᐊᖅᐸᒃ, tiriaqpak) Mustela vison
  American marten (ᖃᑉᕕᐊᕐᓯᐊᖅ, qapviarsiaq) Martes americana
  Fisher (ᑎᕆᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ) Martes pennanti
  River otter (ᑯᒻᒥ ᐸᒥᐅᖅᑑᖅ, pamiuqtuuq) Lontra canadensis
  Phocidae (ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, natsiq)
  Bearded seal (ᐅᒡᔪᒃ, ᐅᒥᒃᑑᖅ, ugjuk) Erignathus barbatus
  Hooded seal (ᓇᑦᓯᕙᒃ, natsivak) Cystophora cristata
  Harbor seal (ᖃᓯᒋᐊᖅ, qasigiaq) Phoca vitulina
  Harp seal (ᖃᐃᕈᓕᒃ, qairulik) Pagophilus groenlandicus
  Grey seal (ᐳᕕᓲᖅ, puvisuuq) Halichoerus grypus
  Ringed seal (ᓇᑦᑎᖅ, nattiq) Pusa hispida
  Odobenidae
  Walrus (ᐊᐃᕕᖅ, aiviq) Odobenus rosmarus
caption: Bearded seal
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