animals used for furs or skins:

• Caribou - clothing, unique structure of fur makes it very warm
• Muskoven - meat and fur, shed under fur is collected and spun into wool
• Northern fur seal - pelts
• Moose - food, clothing and implements
• Polar Bear - clothing, rugs and blankets, guard hairs are also used for fly tying. Sometimes the meat is eaten.
• Bearded seal - hides and food
• Steller's Sea Lion - clothing, boots, and boat coverings were made from skins. The Chinese once used Steller's sea lion whiskers for cleaning opium pipes. Also used for food.
• Collarred lemming - fur to trim garments
• Porcupine - quills for decoration, and sometimes food
• Eiders - eider down used in sleeping bags and comforters
• Beaver - pelts
• Lynx - modern pelts are valueable
• Hares - fur for shoe linings
• Arctic Fox - furs
• Mink - fur
• Muskrats - food and fur
• Wolverine - fur especially as parka trim and hoods because it doesn't frost
• Puffin - skin for clothing
• Ringed Seal - Among other things, the skin furnished harnesses for huskies, and soles for kamiit (boots).

Animals were also important for food, service and religion. You can also read about other animals found in the arctic.