Abstract
The mammals that inhabit the subarctic spruce forest or taiga may be classified into two groups on the basis of their winter activity—those that live above the snow and are therefore subjected to the vicissitudes of weather, and those that live or retreat beneath the snow in a warmer and more stable environment (see Pruitt; Arctic, 10: 131–138, 1957). Those that weigh upwards of 200–250 grams usually live above the snow—hare, lynx, fox, wolf, moose, caribou. Those that weigh less than about 200 grams usually live or retreat beneath the snow—weasels, voles, shrews (Formosov, Materials for Fauna and Flora USSR, Moscow (N.S.), Zoology 5: 152 …
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