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Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arctic fox
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Carnivora | Canidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi
Bottenlevande. Polar
Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar
Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic: Vulpes lagopus lagopus: Russia, Kamchatka, Alaska, Labrador, St Matthew, St Lawrence Is, Diomede Island, Greenland, Washington, Canada, North Pole, Bering Sea, Kuril Is; Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus: Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, northern Scandinavia; Vulpes lagopus beringensis: Russia; Vulpes lagopus pribilofensis: St Paul Is and St George Island in the Pribilofs (Ref. 1522).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found in the arctic tundra. Scavenge polar bears, ringed seal pups, colonial sea birds and their eggs during the summer, during winter and spring marine mammal carrion is their most important food; they also consume fish, and marine invertebrates (Ref. 1522). Found in the arctic tundra. Scavenge polar bears, ringed seal pups, colonial sea birds and their eggs during the summer, during winter and spring marine mammal carrion is their most important food; they also consume fish, and marine invertebrates (Ref. 1522).
Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare
Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2014
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic Ecology
Födoslag
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Food rations
Predatorer
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Food rations
Predatorer
Ekologi
Population dynamics
Tillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Rekrytering
Abundans
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Rekrytering
Abundans
Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Larvdynamik
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Larvdynamik
Distribution
Human Related
Aquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
referenser
Internet-källor
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.