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On the Tibetan Plateau, fossils of the extinct ancestral Arctic fox (Vulpes qiuzhudingi) from the early Pliocene (5.08–3.6 MYA) were found along with many other precursors of modern mammals that evolved during the Pliocene (5.3–2.6 MYA). It is believed that this ancient fox is the ancestor of the modern Arctic fox.
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 Arctic Fox Centre (Icelandic: Melrakkasetur [ˈmɛlˌrahkaˌsɛːtʏr̥]) is a research centre with an enclosed exhibition and café in the municipality Súðavík in the Westfjords in Iceland. It focuses on the Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus ) which is the only native terrestrial mammal in Iceland. [ 1 ]
Juvenile red foxes are known as kits. Males are called tods or dogs, females are called vixens, and young are known as cubs or kits. [14] Although the Arctic fox has a small native population in northern Scandinavia, and while the corsac fox's range extends into European Russia, the red fox is the only fox native to Western Europe, and so is simply called "the fox" in colloquial British English.
The Arctic fox is the main host. [1] [2] Arctic rabies virus belongs to the family Rhabdoviridae and the genus Lyssavirus. Arctic rabies virus represents one of four genotypes of rabies, all of which have been shown to adapt to different hosts which include fruit- and insect-eating bats and the Arctic fox. [3]
The Bengal fox is more daintily built than the red fox (V. vulpes), and can readily be recognized by its bushy, black-tipped tail, which is around 50–60% of the length of the head and body. [7] The backs of the ears are dark brown with a black margin, and white inside.
Foxface rabbitfish, a common name for the fish siganus vulpinus Solanum mammosum , a fruit known as Fox Face (フォックスフェイス) in Japan Topics referred to by the same term
This plant is a low, spreading shrub growing up to 15 centimetres (5.9 inches) tall. The leaves are 2 to 6 centimetres (0.79 to 2.36 inches) long and marcescent, remaining on the shrub as they die. The inflorescence is a hairy, glandular raceme of up to 6 flowers, each about half a centimeter long. The fruit is a drupe.