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Jan Mayen - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Highlighting the link of species shows the images, and clicking the link shows Evolutionary Tree.
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Jan Mayen.
Jan Mayen
prehistoric age
Jan Mayen
extinct species
Mesozoic
Bird-hipped dino Iguanodon   (155.7~93.5 Mya)
Jan Mayen is an island of Norway territory in Arctic Ocean. It is partly covered by glaciers. The following shows the distribution of animals in Jan Mayen.
Jan Mayen
Jan Mayen
extant species
Carnivora Red Fox, Arctic Fox, Polar Bear   (3m)
Bird Common Eider, Brunnich's Guillemot, Little Auk, Black Guillemot, Northern Fulmar
Jan Mayen
marine extant
species
Whale Bowhead Whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, Fin Whale   (27m), Blue Whale   (33m), Common Minke Whale, Humpback Whale, Narwhal   (Long straight tusk), Beluga   (All-white color skin), Northern Bottlenose Whale
Marine mammal Walrus (Massive migration), Bearded Seal, Hooded Seal, Harp Seal, Ringed Seal
Puffin Atlantic Puffin  
seabird Black-legged Kittiwake