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The Arctic fox has a circumpolar distribution and occurs in Arctic tundra habitats in northern Europe, northern Asia, and North America. Its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Fennoscandia, Svalbard , Jan Mayen (where it was hunted to extinction) [ 41 ] and other islands in the Barents Sea , northern Russia, islands in the Bering Sea , Alaska ...
The most common and widespread species of fox is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with about 47 recognized subspecies. [2] The global distribution of foxes, together with their widespread reputation for cunning, has contributed to their prominence in popular culture and folklore in many societies around the world.
The clutch can range from 1 to 5 eggs, but is usually 2 to 4. The average size of an egg is 58.46 mm × 45 mm (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in × 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 in); the average weight is 62 g (2 + 1 ⁄ 8 oz). The incubation period averages 35 days, with the chicks hatching at a weight of around 52 g (1 + 7 ⁄ 8 oz). The nestlings are brooded usually for 10 to ...
Distribution Mustela: Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811: Mountain weasel: Northern and Southern Asia: Mustela aistoodonnivalis Wu & Kao, 1991: Missing-toothed pygmy weasel: Shaanxi and Sichuan, China: Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758: Stoat, Beringian ermine, Eurasian ermine, or short-tailed weasel: Europe and Northern Asia Arctic Canada and Alaska ...
Textile with white fox (Daniel Kohavi, 2016) Arctic fox pelt. Arctic fox fur is a type of fur obtained from the arctic fox (also known as the polar fox) and turned into a commodity. The arctic fox is zoologically divided into two color varieties, the white fox and the blue fox, whose fur is also a commodity as blue fox fur. The white fox, the ...
The kit fox is one of the smallest species of the family Canidae found in North America. It has large ears, between 71 and 95 mm (2.8 and 3.7 in), that help the fox dissipate heat and give it exceptional hearing (much like those of the fennec fox). This species exhibits little sexual dimorphism, with the male being slightly larger. The average ...
The crab-eating fox was originally described as Canis thous by Linnaeus (1766), and first placed in its current genus Cerdocyon by Hamilton-Smith in 1839. [ 4 ] Cerdocyonina is a tribe which appeared around 6.0 million years ago (Mya) in North America as Ferrucyon avius becoming extinct by around 1.4–1.3 Mya. living about 4.7 million years .
The adult weight ranges from 130–200 g (4.6–7.1 oz). [5] [18] A. a. polaris is marginally larger than the nominate subspecies. [9] [18] In breeding plumage, the head, neck, back, and wings are black, with a white trailing edge to the secondary feathers, and white fringes on the scapular feathers, and pure white underparts. The bill is short ...