- Stock Photos of Arctic Foxes, Vulpes lagopus. Arctic Foxes on the coastal plain in Arctic Alaska, on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, Alaska. Arctic fox populations are becoming threatened by encroachment of the larger red fox species, as they move further north into habitats they weren't previously able to survive in. Global Climate Change is threatening the survival of many species in the arctic.
Arctic Fox Taxonomy: Scientific classification - Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Genus: Vulpes; Species: V. lagopus; Binomial name: Vulpes lagopus |
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