Watchable Wildlife   

The land mammals native to the Kodiak Archipelago are the Kodiak brown bear, red fox, short-tailed weasel, little brown bat, tundra vole and river otter.

Introduced species include the snowshoe hare, mountain goat, Sitka black-tailed deer, arctic ground squirrel, Roosevelt elk, muskrat, red squirrel, snowshoe hare and beaver.

Introduced species that have not survived include moose, dall sheep, martin, mink and raccoon.

Here are some important guidelines for viewing Kodiak Island wildlife