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Arctic Fox

Danielle Hickman. Arctic Fox. Names. Scientific Name: Vulpes lagopus Common Name: Arctic Fox. Where do they live? . Natural Habitat: Tundra . Life History Characteristics. Diet: (omnivore) sea birds, fish, other marine life 11inches tall 3 to 20 pounds Live in burrows Polar climates

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Arctic Fox

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  1. Danielle Hickman Arctic Fox

  2. Names • Scientific Name: Vulpeslagopus • Common Name: Arctic Fox

  3. Where do they live? • Natural Habitat: Tundra

  4. Life History Characteristics • Diet: (omnivore) sea birds, fish, other marine life • 11inches tall • 3 to 20 pounds • Live in burrows • Polar climates • Male and Female mature sexually at 1 year of age.

  5. Solitary or Pack? • Solitary

  6. Why Endangered? • Overhunting. Why? • Habitat Destruction. Why? • Not endangered worldwide • 2 endangered populations: Russia & Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Kola Peninsula)

  7. Population • Worldwide: several thousand • Russia: around 90 individual foxes • Fennoscandia: around 40 individual foxes

  8. Conservation Efforts • Laws put in place to stop hunting • Fur farms

  9. Works Cited: • https://worldwildlife.org/species/arctic-fox • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/arctic_fox.htm • http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/899/0

  10. Quiz • 1) What habitat does the Arctic Fox live in? • 2) Solitary or Pack animal? • 3) Is overhunting the fox part of why it is endangered? • 4) Is the fox endangered worldwide? • 5) What kind of housing does the fox have?

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