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Arctic Fox (White Fox)
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DESCRIPTION: The arctic fox has a dense, bushy coatand a long, fluffy tail. There are two color phases. For the white phase, thefox has a thick, white coat during the colder, winter months and a shorterbrownish to gray coat in the summer. The blue phase fox, has a long blue-graycoat in the winter and a shorter darker gray coat in the summer.
SIZE: 109 cm (43 in)
WEIGHT: 2.7-4.5 kg (6-10 lb)
FUN FACTS:- Communaland nomadic; the foxes form small bands and scavenge for food together.
- A family group consists of one male,two females (called vixens), and their young - if any. One of the vixens is anonbreeding juvenile born the previous year, who stays to help care for thenext litter.
- Arctic foxes are monogamous, usuallymating for life. The father helps care for the young.
- The fur ofthe arctic fox has two phases: in the winter, it is entirely white, and in thesummer the coat ranges from gray to brown on the back, and somewhat lighter onthe belly. The foxes' paws are sheathed in dense fur during the winter (unlikeother canids), which is why they are named lagopus ("rabbit-footed").
- Althoughthey have been hunted for their fur and driven away for their predation ondomestic sheep, arctic fox numbers remain relatively stable.
DESCRIPTION: The arctic fox has a dense, bushy coatand a long, fluffy tail. There are two color phases. For the white phase, thefox has a thick, white coat during the colder, winter months and a shorterbrownish to gray coat in the summer. The blue phase fox, has a long blue-graycoat in the winter and a shorter darker gray coat in the summer.List of Animals English Globe