Terrestrial Mammals of the Arctic The Arctic and Its Wildlife 1986 BRYAN SAGE Facts on File excerpts from pages 118, 121-22, 173-74 The total number of species of land mammals occurring in the Arctic is 48 (Appendix 2 shows their distribution in the Soviet Union, North America and Greenland). The nomenclature used here follows Corbet (1978) for the Soviet Union (with minor chages as indicated) ...