AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although primarily found today in circumpolar boreal forests across northern Canada and Alaska, historically wolverines ranged along the spine of the Rocky Mountains into northern New Mexico, along the Cascades of the Pacific Northwest, and into the Sierra Nevada Range of California.

Detailed explanation-2: -Small animals, mostly rodents, live close to the floor. Many birds of prey, such as owls and eagles, hunt these animals from the trees of the taiga. Moose, the largest type of deer in the world, is able to live in the cold taiga. Like all deer, moose are herbivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fauna of Boreal forests: Animals such as moose, reindeer or caribou, deer, elk, wolf, fox, wood bison and chipmunk are found here.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many of Canada’s most iconic animals can be found in Alberta’s boreal forests. Moose, bears, deer, wolves, woodland caribou, Canada lynx, and elk all make homes there, along with smaller animals like snowshoe hares, lemmings and beavers.