The scientific name of the snow fox is the white fox. Because the snow fox is completely white, its fur is very beautiful, just like snow, hence the name. Today, let Xiaobian bring you to meet Snow Fox!

I. Basic information

[Chinese name] Snow Fox

[Another name] Blue Fox, Arctic Fox, White Fox

【Latin name】Alopex lagopus

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate subphylum

[Class] Mammalia

[Subclass] Eustachium

[Order] Carnivora

[Suborder] Schizopoda

【Family】Canidae

【Subfamily】Fox Subfamily

【Genus】Arctic Fox

【Species】Arctic Fox

II. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: The snow fox has a body length of 50-75 cm, which is slightly smaller than the average fox and has a longer tail. 25 to 30 centimeters, 2.5 to 4 kilograms in weight, small and obese. Snow foxes have short mouths and ears, slightly rounded, and their legs are relatively short.

2. Body color: The snow fox's body hair is white in winter, and only the tip of the nose is black; in summer, the body hair is gray-black, and the ventral color is lighter, with dense fluff and less needle hair, and a long tail. , the tail hair is particularly fluffy, and the tail is white.

III. Distribution and Habits

1. Distribution: Wild snow foxes are distributed in the extreme north of Russia and Greenland , Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Alaska and the extreme north of Canada.

2. Habitat: Snow foxes are distributed in the coastal areas of the Arctic Ocean and the tundra on some islands, and can live on ice sheets at minus 50°C. Snow foxes like to build their nests in hilly areas, and snow fox nests have several entrances and exits. When encountering a snowstorm, the snow fox can stay in the nest for several days without coming out. Every year, the snow fox does some maintenance and expansion of its den so that it can live for a long time.

3. Diet: Snow fox's food includes lemmings, fish, birds and eggs, berries and arctic rabbits, and sometimes roams the coast to catch shellfish, but their main food is lemmings.

four , Breeding status

March is the estrus period of snow foxes. Generally, it only takes 51 to 52 days for a litter of foxes to be born. Each litter is generally 8 to 10, and the highest record is 16 One, the newborn fox has not opened its eyes yet, 16 to 18 days later, the little fox begins to open its eyes to see the world. After a two-month lactation period, the female fox begins to catch lemmings, voles, etc. from the wild to feed the cubs. Whenever the female fox comes back with her prey in her mouth, the cubs rush out of the cave to share the prey. At about 10 months, the little foxes begin to reach sexual maturity, then start a family and start a new life.

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