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Introduction to Arctic Fox Breeds

2021-09-22 / 385 Read

Arctic fox (scientific name: Alopex lagopus), distributed in the Arctic region. The body length is 50-60 cm, the tail length is 20-25 cm, and the weight is 2.5-4 kg. The face is narrow, the mouth is pointed, the ears are round, the tail hair is fluffy, and the tip is white. In winter, the whole body hair is white, only the tip of the nose is black; in summer, the body hair is gray-black, and the ventral color is lighter. It has very dense fluff and less needle hair, and can live on the ice sheet at minus 50 ℃. The soles of the feet are particularly thick. Solo or group activity.

Arctic

Arctic fox

The arctic fox is active throughout the Arctic, including : Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland and the outer edges of Svalbard, as well as subarctic and alpine regions such as Iceland and mainland Scandinavia.

The main food is lemmings, but also fish, birds, eggs, shellfish, arctic rabbits and berries. It is a precious fur beast that has been artificially bred, called blue fox, white fox, etc., and mutant species such as shadow fox, arctic pearl fox, arctic sapphire fox, arctic platinum fox and white arctic fox, etc., are collectively referred to as colored arctic foxes fox.

Chinese name: Arctic fox

Latin name: Alopex lagopus

Aliases: blue fox, white fox

Kingdom: Animalia

Department: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Suborder: Schizopoda

Family: Canidae

Subfamily: Foxsubfamily

Genus: Arctic Fox

Species: Arctic Fox

Subspecies: 10 Subspecies

Named and Date: Linnaeus, 1758

English name: Arctic Fox

English name: Reynard Polaire

Synonym: Vulpes lagopus