 The Colville River is a migration route for wildlife including moose, and a breeding area for gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, and rough-legged hawks.The ecoregion is also home to a number of waterbirds.Mammals include the large ungulates moose ("Alces alces") and caribou ("Rangifer tarandus"), the predators brown bear ("Ursus arctos") and wolf ("Canis lupus") breed here, while smaller mammals include Alaskan hare ("Lepus othus") and Arctic ground squirrel ("Spermophilus parryi").