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--> FAMILY Canidae
--> GENUS Vulpes
SPECIES Vulpes lagopus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 40. | Common Name: | Arctic Fox | Type Locality: | "alpibus Lapponicis, Sibiria," restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Sweden (Lapland)." | Distribution: | Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands: Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA (Alaska). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Alopex lagopus. | Comments: | Viable hybrids have been recorded between V. lagopus and V. vulpes (Chiarelli, 1975). Synonyms allocated according to Audet, et al. (2002). |
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