Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

• Group: Other
• IUCN status: LC

On the Arctic tundra this fox trails polar bears across the sea ice, scavenging their kills and the carrion of seals and whales through winter and spring. In summer it raids seabird colonies for eggs and chicks and also takes fish and shore invertebrates.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Carnivora › Canidae › Vulpes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 404130.