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TUNDRA

BIOME

Large Canals in Vertebrate

(for easy swiveling of head all the way around)

Dished Profile

Straight Profile

No Canals 

No Caruncle

(Feathered)

Bald

Caruncle

(blad crest)

Bald Eagle

Sea Lion

Tufted Puffin

Andean Condor

Snowy Owl

Grizzly Bear

Polar Bear

Hooked Beak

(birds of prey)

Cone Shaped Beak

Solid, Unfused Bones

Hollow, Fused Bones

(for flight)

High Content of Oxygen-Binding Protein Myoglobin

(for diving underwater and holding breath)

Low Content of Oxygen-Binding Protein Myoglobin

(no need to dive underwater and hold breath)

*Note: Click on the pictures of the tundra animals, an it will navigate you to that animal's profile!

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