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Vulpes lagopus (Arctic Fox; white fox; polar fox; ice fox; blue fox)

Synonyms: Alopex lagopus (homotypic); Canis lagopus (homotypic); Leucocyon lagopus

Wikipedia Abstract

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. It is well adapted to living in cold environments. It has a deep thick fur which is brown in summer and white in winter. Its body length ranges from 46 to 68 cm (18 to 27 in), with a generally rounded body shape to minimize the escape of body heat.
View Wikipedia Record: Vulpes lagopus

Infraspecies

Vulpes lagopus beringensis (Arctic fox)
Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus (Arctic fox)
Vulpes lagopus lagopus (Arctic fox)
Vulpes lagopus pribilofensis (Arctic fox)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.87
EDGE Score: 1.58
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.606 lbs (3.45 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  70 grams
Female Weight [4]  7.055 lbs (3.20 kg)
Male Weight [4]  8.378 lbs (3.80 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  18.8 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Endothermic [3]  70 %
Diet - Fish [3]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  10 months 4 days
Male Maturity [2]  10 months 4 days
Gestation [2]  52 days
Litter Size [2]  9
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  16 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  24 inches (62 cm)
Weaning [2]  51 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Providers

Parasite of 
Trichinella spiralis (pork worm)[5]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Alopex lagopus, Alexandra M. Audet, C. Brian Robbins, and Serge Larivière, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 713, pp. 1–10 (2002)
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6OLIVIER GILG1, BENOÎT SITTLER, AND ILKKA HANSKI, WILL COLLARED LEMMINGS AND THEIR PREDATORS BE THE FIRST VERTEBRATES TO “FALL OVER THE CLIFF” IN GREENLAND DUE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES? Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World – Conference Proceedings 2011, p. 131-132
♦ 7Predator–prey relationships: arctic foxes and lemmings, Anders Angerbjorn, Magnus Tannerfeldt and Sam Erlinge, Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 68, Issue 1, Pages 34-49
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♦ 9Lepus arcticus, Troy L. Best and Travis Hill Henry, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 457, pp. 1-9 (1994)
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♦ 11Microtus miurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), F. RUSSELL COLE AND DON E. WILSON, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(855):75–89 (2010)
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♦ 13International Flea Database
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0