A Survey of the Mammals of Bylot Island, Northwest Territories

Abstract

Based on observations of the writer and other members of the eight-man Bylot Island Expedition, June-July 1954. The expedition, sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America and the New York Zoological Society, studied flora, fauna, and ecological problems from a base on the southwest coast, across the sound from Pond Inlet on northern Baffin. Dominant vegetation of this area is Salix arctica, Dryas integrifolia, and Luzula confusa. Seventeen mammal species are listed as occurring on the island; notes on abundance and location seen, specific, common, and Eskimo names are given. Those mammals not directly observed by expedition members were identified accurately by Eskimos of the area.