Arctic tod

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Arctic tod
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Faimily: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: V. lagopus
Binomial name
Vulpes lagopus
Arctic tod range
Synonyms [3] [4] [5] [6]

The Arctic tod ( Vulpes lagopus ), forby spelt Airctic tod , kent as the white tod , polar tod , or snaw tod an aw, is a smaa tod native tae the Arctic regions o the Northren Hemisphere an common ootthrou the Arctic tundra biome . [1] [7] It is well adaptit tae livin in cauld environs. It haes a deep thick fur that is broun in simmer an white in winter. Its bouk lenth ranges frae 46 tae 68 cm (18 tae 27 in), wi a generally roondit bouk shape tae minimize the escape o bouk heat .


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  1. ↑ a b Angerbjorn, A. & Tannerfeldt, M. (2014). Vulpes lagopus . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. doi : 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T899A57549321.en
  2. ↑ Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ (Stockholm): Laurentius Salvius. p. 40. Archived frae the original on 8 November 2012 . Retrieved 23 November 2012 . Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( help ) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid ( link )
  3. ↑ Oken, Lorenz (1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte . 3 . Jena, Germany: August Schmid und Comp. p. 1033.
  4. ↑ Merriam, C. Hart (1900). "Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. I. Descriptions of twenty-six new mammals from Alaska and British North America" . Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences . 2 : 15?16. JSTOR   24525852 . Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2018. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( help )
  5. ↑ Merriam, C. Hart (1902). "Four New Arctic Foxes" . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 15 : 171. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2018. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( help ) CS1 maint: ref=harv ( link )
  6. ↑ Merriam 1902 , pp. 171?172.
  7. ↑ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora" . In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532?628. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0 . OCLC   62265494 .
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