Naturhistorisk Museum Aarhus Ice Age Deck

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This deck is based on the exhibition “Back to the Ice Age” at the Natural History Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. During the Ice Age, Denmark was partially covered by glaciers and this deck represents a wide variety of the biodiversity that would have been found there.

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus parryii
Scale 5 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

6 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 2
FACT: The Arctic ground squirrel was prey for a multitude of carnivores of the tundra steppe. When the Arctic ground squirrel hibernates its body temperature decreases to below zero degrees and its heart beats less than once a minute.

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The Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii or Urocitellus parryii) is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic. People in Alaska, particularly around the Aleutians, refer to them as “parka” (pronounced “par’kee”) squirrels, most likely because their pelt is good for the ruff on parkas and for clothing.[2] The Arctic ground squirrel has a beige and tan coat with a white-spotted back. […] read more

Cave Lion

Panthera leo spelaea
Scale 8 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

EXTINCT | 6 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 2. The card may be put next to all sizes of herbivores. If the card is put next to a Cave bear it loses one point.
FACT: While searching for food, the Cave lions occasionally entered caves of hibernating Cave bears. The outcome for some of the Cave lions were death by the awakened Cave bear.

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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stouby | Caverne du Pont d’Arcwww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
Panthera spelaea, formerly referred to as Panthera leo spelaea,[1][2] is a fossil catbelonging to the genus Panthera, which was described by the German paleontologistGeorg August Goldfuss in 1810 under the scientific name Felis spelaea. The first fossil lion skull was excavated in a cave in southern Germany.[3] It probably dates to the Würm glaciation.[4] The spelaea lion probably evolved in Europe after the third Cromerian interglacial stage, less than 600,000 years ago. Phylogenetic analysis of fossil bone […] read more

Northern Collared Lemming

Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
Scale 5 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

4 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 2
FACT: The litter size of the Northern collared lemming ranges between 5-8 young. The female has up to 6-8 litters per year.

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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stoubywww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
The northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small North American lemming. At one time, it was considered to be a subspecies of the Arctic lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Some sources believe several other species of collared lemmings found in North America are actually subspecies of D. groenlandicus.[2] It has a short chunky body covered with thick […] read more

Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

7 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 2. If the card is put next to a Northern collared lemming, add one extra point.
FACT: Arctic foxes are monogamous when they raise their cubs. The cubs are kept in underground caves. They build up their fat reserves in the autumn and can increase their weight up to 50%.

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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stoubywww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome.[1][7] It is well adapted to living in cold environments, and is best known for its thick, warm fur that is also used as camouflage. On average, Arctic foxes only live 3–4 years in the wild.[8] Its […] read more

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus
Scale 8 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

4 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 2.
FACT: Reindeers live in herds of up to several thousand animals. The first humans in Denmark followed reindeer from the south and were highly dependent on them for food and materials.

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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stoubywww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou in North America,[3] is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, borealand mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia and North America.[2] This includes both sedentary and migratory populations. Rangifer herd size varies greatly in different geographic regions. The Taimyr herd of migrating Siberian tundra reindeer (R. t. sibiricus) in Russia is the largest wild reindeer herd in the world,[4][5] with numbers varying between 400,000 and 1,000,000. […] read more

Straight-Tusked Elephant

Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Scale 9 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

EXTINCT | 5 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 1
FACT: The straight-tusked elephant is closely related to the existing African forest elephant. It had up to three meters long tusks. It spread from Central and Southern Europe to the north in the warmer periods.

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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stoubywww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
The straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephantthat inhabited Europe during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (781,000–50,000 years before present). Some experts[who?] regard the larger Asian species, Palaeoloxodon namadicus, as a variant or subspecies. It was formerly thought to be closely related to the living Asian elephant; however, in 2016, DNA sequence analysis showed that its closest extant relative is actually the African […] read more