🦊Arctic fox
Raposa-do-ártico (AO 1945: raposa-do-árctico; Vulpes lagopus), também conhecida por raposa-polar, é uma pequena raposa nativa das regiões árticas do hemisfério norte e comum em todo o bioma de tundra ártica. Está bem adaptada para viver em ambientes frios e é mais conhecida por seu pelo espesso e quente, que também é usado como camuflagem. Na natureza, a maioria dos indivíduos não vive além do primeiro ano, mas alguns sobrevivem até 11 anos. Embora tenha sido previamente atribuído ao seu próprio gênero monotípico Alopex, evidências genéticas recentes agora o colocam no gênero Vulpes junto com a maioria das outras raposas.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.
- Body mass
- 3.6 kg
- Body length
- 0.62 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Arctic fox
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.6 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5.2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.62 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass38 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.12 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity294 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation52 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 52 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 8COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range14 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.1 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Arctic fox yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusVulpes
- ›speciesVulpes lagopus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
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