Animals
Secondary and tertiary consumers are the animals that constitute the top of the food chain. They are mostly carnivores, or omnivores.
Below is a list of the most common secondary and tertiary consumers living in ANWR that will be studied.
Mammals
Insectivores
- Masked (Common) Shrew
- Dusky Shrew
- Arctic Shrew
- Pygmy Shrew
Canids
- Coyote
- Gray Wolf
- Arctic Fox
- Red Fox
Felids
- Lynx
Ursids
- Black Bear
- Brown Bear
- Polar Bear
Mustelids
- Marten
- Ermine
- Least Weasel
- Mink
- Wolverine
- River Otter
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