danielle hickman. names scientific name: vulpes lagopus common name: arctic fox
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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 Male and Female mature sexually at
1 year of age.
Why Endangered?
Overhunting. Why? Habitat Destruction. Why? Not endangered worldwide 2 endangered populations: Russia &
Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Kola Peninsula)
Population
Worldwide: several thousand Russia: around 90 individual foxes Fennoscandia: around 40 individual
foxes
Conservation Efforts
Laws put in place to stop hunting Fur farms
Works Cited:
https://worldwildlife.org/species/arctic-fox
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/arctic_fox.htm
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/899/0
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?