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Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 309, February 228, March 357, April 562, May 810, June 884, July 946, August 813, September 597, October 446, November 244, December 190.
United States6,388
Canada1,897
Alaska277
Nunavut207
Russia171
Quebec81
Manitoba62
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug52
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug49
Yukon33

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyCanids · Canidae
GenusTypical Foxes · Vulpes

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