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Mammals

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Canadian Museum of Nature

What are these hares doing? Watch these 6 short videos of hares out on the tundra and label them like a scientist.

The beluga is a mammal in the cetacean family. It is distinguished by its thick, white skin, its prominent, rounded forehead and the absence of a dorsal fin.

Parks Canada

How can you tell if there's a bear in the area? Play this game to learn the clues.

Parks Canada

The Black-footed Ferret is a mammal in the Mustelidae (weasel) family. It is long and sleek, low-slung and very agile. It has soft, shiny fur similar to that of a mink.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Venture to Sable Gully in Nova Scotia to learn about the northern bottlenose whale (text and video).

Canadian Museum of Nature

It's a quiz show! How much do you know about bunnies, in the categories of biology, history and geography?

Canadian Museum of Nature

Fill in this small crossword to learn more about the life cycle of the Arctic hare.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Fill in this small crossword to learn about Arctic species - who are hunters and who are the hunted?

Canadian Museum of Nature

Try these interactive activities to learn about mammals: the warning a skunk makes before spraying, how mammals keep warm, appropriate wolf pack behaviour and more.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Can you spot the hare? Can you ""Say It with Ears""? Build a food web, live the life of a researcher, and test your knowledge of the Arctic Hare with these fun quizzes and games.

Environment Canada

Learn about the animals that are most like humans -- mammals. Read about many of the mammals that live in Canada.

Track, analyze and capture wolves just like a park warden with this set of interactive games.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Once symptoms appear, rabies is almost always fatal. In Canada, the animals that most often transmit rabies are bats, foxes, skunks and raccoons.

Parks Canada

Are you ready to take on the challenge of reintroducing black-footed ferrets into Grasslands National Park?

Canadian Museum of Nature

Did you know that Arctic hares express themselves with their ears? Try to decipher their signals in this game.

Transport Canada

Discover how birds and mammals can pose a danger to aircraft and how the aviation industry tries to prevent harm to these creatures.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Arctic hares are excellent at hiding - can you spot them in these photographs?

Canadian Museum of Nature

Circle words describing Arctic hares in this word search game.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Flip over the cards and see if you can match up the images of Arctic life.

Canadian Museum of Nature

A series of 16 short videos about Arctic hares: watch them run, mate, nurse, and feed.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Find out how the field study of killer whales was revolutionized through the innovative technique of photographic identification of natural markings on individual whales (text and video).