ZORRO ARTICO

https://www.animales.website/zorro-artico/

VULPES LAGOPUS

Emma Dóminguez Vargas

INDEX

Their habitat

Characteristics

Their origin

Endangered

Their diet

Their hunt

Questions

WHAT IS DE ORIGIN OF THE ARCTIC FOX

Its origin is the northern hemisphere, it is the only type of fox that belongs to the fauna of the arctic tundra, widely spread in the polar regions of Eurasia and North America. From Canada to Siberia and the Arctic islands (Greenland, Iceland and the Bering Islands).

https://reinoanimalia.fandom.com/es/wiki/Zorro_%C3%81rtico

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTIC FOX

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1. It’s an animal with a lot of strength
2. They are able to withstand lower temperatures than -50 °C
3. They have many hairs on the legs
4. They have very small, short ears
5. They also have the flattened snout
6. Arctic foxes are 35-55 cm long
7. Males usually weigh between 3.2 and 9.4 kg. However, females weigh between 1.4 and 3.2 kg

These adaptations are essential to withstand such low temperatures

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Where do they live?

They live in: the Arctic Tundra, including Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Scandinavia and Iceland.

What they eat?

These animals are omnivorous, but most of their diet are small mammals, for example lopus, voles and lemmings, but their favorites are the lemmings better known as the "suicidal animals" and in summer they usually eat berries

Explanatory video of why they are called "suicidal animals"

https://youtu.be/h2agF0c7o3g

berries

voles

lemmings

lopus(hares)

Why are the artic foxes in endangered?

There are several reasons that affect the danger of extinction of the Arctic fox: the small number of lemmings as prey; the expansion of the red fox in the habitat; the pauses in the reproduction of the Arctic fox are preventing the population from replenishing.

The hunt

Foxes hunt alone and if they have food left over, they keep it to come back for it later.

https://youtu.be/BSIjcfhSPtk?t=108