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 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