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Arctic Fox
Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Canidae - dogs and allies

Scientific synonyms

Canis fuliginosus Bechstein, 1799
Canis groenlandicus Bechstein, 1799
Canis lagopus Linnaeus, 1758
Vulpes arctica Oken, 1816
Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names

= Blue Fox
= Ice Fox
= Polar Fox

IUCN category:Least Concern

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Intertaxon relationships

Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 5

subspecies Alopex lagopus beringensis Merriam, 1902 - Bering Islands Arctic Fox
subspecies Alopex lagopus foragorapusis - Greenland Arctic Fox
subspecies Alopex lagopus fuliginosus (Bechstein, 1799) - Iceland Arctic Fox

Alopex lagopus fuliginosus - Iceland Arctic Fox

subspecies Alopex lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
subspecies Alopex lagopus pribilofensis Merriam, 1902 - Pribilof Island Arctic Fox

Alopex lagopus pribilofensis - Pribilof Island Arctic Fox


Links and literature

EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305285] [as Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)]

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