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Vulpes lagopus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 622025

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Common Name(s): Arctic Fox [English]
  
    blue fox [English]
  
    ice fox [English]
  
    polar fox [English]
  
    white fox [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 -- cachorro do mato, carnivores, carnivores, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra  
                      SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 -- dog-like carnivores  
                         FamilyCanidae Fischer, 1817 -- coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves  
                            GenusVulpes Frisch, 1775 -- kit foxes, red foxes  
                               SpeciesVulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Arctic Fox, blue fox, ice fox, polar fox, white fox  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes lagopus beringensis Merriam, 1902  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus (Bechstein, 1799)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes lagopus pribilofensis Merriam, 1902  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rice, Dale W.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4   
  Page(s): ix + 231   
  Publisher: The Society for Marine Mammalogy   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-03-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vulpes lagopus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vulpes lagopus, Arctic Fox   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: 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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