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	Arctic Fox: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		The arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) is found in treeless coastal areas of Alaska from the Aleutian Islands north to Point Barrow and east to the Canada border.
		Life history: Arctic fox pups are born in dens excavated by the adults in sandy, well-drained soils of low mounds and river cutbanks.
		Arctic foxes are generally less wary of humans than their near relative, the red fox.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/furbear/arcfox.php (750 words)

	Arctic Fox
		The arctic fox has fur on the bottom of its feet to protect it from the cold and keep frost out of their feet while digging.
		Fox denning near rocky cliffs along the seacoast often depend heavily on nesting seabirds such as auklets, puffins, and murres.
		The arctic fox's adaptation to its subzero habitat include a compact body with short legs, short ears, dense fur, and thickly haired foot pads, which insulate against the cold and provide traction on ice.
	library.thinkquest.org /3500/arctic_fox.htm (501 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Arctic Fox
		Arctic foxes build dens in low mounds (1-4 m high) in the open tundra or in a pile of rocks at the base of a cliff.
		The fur of the arctic fox has two phases: in the winter, it is entirely white, and in the summer the coat ranges from gray to brown on the back, and somewhat lighter on the belly.
		In these areas the rodents are the foxes primary source of prey and during cyclic population crashes of rodents, the arctic fox population crashes as well.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/Animal-Bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/carnivora/arctic-fox.htm (411 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Arctic Fox
		The wide distribution of this fox in the severe arctic environment is due to its excellent adaptation to cold and to a wide variety of foods.
		The number of arctic foxes, especially in populations dependent upon lemmings for the major portion of their diet, fluctuates widely in relation to the abundance of lemmings.
		Often many foxes travel in the same direction, and their movements are termed "migrations." In Canada little is known about the direction of the migrations or the number of animals that may be involved; however, the intensity and scope of fox migrations in Russia is well known.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=81 (2007 words)

	Arctic Fox Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) is a furry mammal that lives in the far north, in the tundra and coastal areas of North America, Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia, and Siberia.
		A group of foxes is called a skulk or a leash.
		Anatomy: The fur of the Arctic fox is white during the winter and gray-brown in the summer.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/fox/Arcticfoxprintout.shtml (292 words)

	Arctic Fox
		The range of the Arctic fox covers the treeless tundra that extends round the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America, and includes Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, and Scandinavia, where foxes are found in the mountains around the northern coasts of Finland and Norway.
		Arctic foxes are to be found on the smallest and most remote islands north of Canada and Greenland, where there are no other land mammals, except polar bears.
		Arctic jaegers, terns, divers and pink-footed geese defend their nests with force while others such as the eider duck rely on camouflage, sitting motionless on the nest with a good chance of not being noticed.
	www.vulpes.org /foxden/information/arctic.htm (1335 words)

	Arctic Fox
		Arctic foxes are members of the Canidae family, cousins to wolves and coyotes.
		For northern foxes, the coat is white in the winter and molts to brown in summer.
		Arctic foxes generally live for up to 15 years in captivity, with their life span in the wild averaging 7 years.
	www.alaskazoo.org /willowcrest/arcticfoxhome.htm (551 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) facts and pictures
		Arctic foxes in their winter phase can be solid white; white with light grey legs and face and a white stripe on the nose; light grey body with dark grey legs and head; dark grey all over; and any range of colors in between.
		Foxes living where it is cold all the time generally stay white or a lighter grey, while those living on the coast where it is warmer tend to stay bluish.
		The arctic foxes' population is directly correlated to the lemming.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=3 (821 words)

	Arctic Fox - Lagopus alopex
		The Arctic fox is a predator to lemmings (one of it's favorite foods) and voles, among other creatures.
		The population cycles of lemmings and voles are largely dependent on the arctic fox.
		The Arctic fox is not endangered world wide and it is estimated that there are several thousand arctic foxes left in the wild.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /arctic_fox.htm (585 words)

	Arctic Fox
		The arctic fox is native to Labrador and occasionally arrives on the Island via pack ice in Winter and Spring.
		Arctic fox prefer barren lands, where snow is hard and shallow, as well as around the tops of ponds or river banks.
		Arctic foxes live for 3 or 4 years in the wild and up to 14 years in captivity.
	www.env.gov.nl.ca /snp/Animals/arctic_fox.htm (375 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Arctic Fox
		The arctic fox has a dense, bushy coat and a long, fluffy tail.
		Both color phases of arctic fox have been hunted and farmed for their dense fur coats.
		In more recent years, hunting pressure on arctic foxes has significantly decreased due to a decreased demand for fox fur and alternative sources of income for native peoples.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/carnivora/arctic-fox.htm (411 words)

	Foxes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unlike most other foxes, their ears are rounded on the tips - an adaptation to the extreme cold that they must endure in winter.
		Arctic foxes are more common in coastal areas, especially on the northern Seward Peninsula.
		Fox are active throughout the day, but are most often seen in morning and evening.
	www.nps.gov /bela/html/foxes.htm (229 words)

	Arctic Wildlife - Arctic Studies Center
		A well adapted predator, the arctic fox has a gray, or blue coat in the summer and a thick, warm white coat in the winter.
		The arctic fox feeds on lemmings, voles, squirrels, birds, bird eggs, berries, fish and carrion.
		The arctic fox burrows into the ground or snow for protection from the arctic cold.
	www.mnh.si.edu /arctic/html/arctic_fox.html (166 words)

	The Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus
		Alopex lagopus the Latin scientific name of The Arctic Fox translates as "hare-footed fox." This name refers to the thick fur on its feet that is like the fur on the foot of a hare.
		The male Arctic Fox is about 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 feet long and the length of its tail is about one to two feet long.
		The Arctic Fox is the only member of the canid family that changes the color of its coat in the summer.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/arctic_wildlife/96538 (620 words)

	Arctic Fox News-Cold Facts-Fox Secrets
		The arctic fox is also referred to as the white fox and polar fox.Arctic foxes have 2 different color types,but are the same species,the white fox and blue fox.They're related to dogs,wolves and coyotes.
		Arctic fox populations were estimated in 1997 at a few 100,000.They're extremely threatened in Norway,Sweden, Finland and Kola.
		On these torture farms,young foxes (7 to 8 months old) are electrocuted,by an electrode placed in the foxes mouth and rectum.The foxes are awake for a few minutes and sometimes don't die right away,then the procedure is repeated.
	members.tripod.com /~whitefox4/arcticfox.html (364 words)

	NC Zoo™ - North Carolina Zoo : Arctic fox
		Arctic foxes have been known to follow polar bears to feed upon their leftover carrion.
		While the arctic fox is abundant in some places, in others it has suffered declines due to habitat loss and hunting.
		Arctic foxes were once coveted for their beautiful white coats.
	www.nczoo.org /animal_id/na_arctic_fox.cfm (432 words)

	NatureWorks - Arctic Fox (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The arctic fox is dark gray to bluish brown in the summer.
		When the arctic fox is sleeping, it protects its nose from the cold by curling its bushy tail around its body.
		In the summer the arctic fox lives in the tundra at the edge of forest.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/arcticfox.htm (517 words)

	NATURE. Living Edens: Arctic Oasis. Eco Explorer \| PBS
		During food shortages, especially when the fox is trapped on an island with no ice floe to aid its travel, the wily fox will rely on the food cached during the summer.
		The arctic hare faces a number of challenges, including a limited food base, snow that covers its nourishment for two-thirds of the year, and predators that attack from all sides.
		Arctic char avoid shallow bodies of water that can freeze entirely, and meet to spawn in larger streams or inter-bay waterways that are deep enough to keep from freezing.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/arcticoasis/eco_explorer4.html (1272 words)

	Species Status Reports - Arctic Fox
		Arctic foxes are found on the Yukon coastal plain and on Herschel Island.
		Arctic fox populations are not known to be cyclic in the Yukon.
		The fox population is influenced by waves of immigrants from the east.
	www.taiga.net /wmac/consandmanagementplan_volume3/afox.html (618 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Arctic fox
		Arctic foxes are pure white in winter and grey-brown in summer.
		Arctic foxes are omnivorous, but feed particularly on small mammals (lemmings), eggs, carrion and berries.
		Arctic foxes have a gestation period of 49-56 days, after which they give birth to 6-12 cubs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/135.shtml (162 words)

	THE ARCTIC FOX (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Arctic fox lives in dens that are bedded on a hillside, the den is big and has many tunnels.
		Arctic foxes sometimes will follow a polar bear, if it kills a seal, foxes are able to feed on it after the bear has eaten his fill.
		The Arctic fox breeds in May. The female is called a vixen.
	www.ucls.uchicago.edu /students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/arctic_fox.html (325 words)

	BLM-Alaska Arctic Fox Photo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The arctic fox weighs between 6-10 pounds and has an average length of 43 inches, including the tail.
		The arctic fox lives in the treeless coastal areas of Alaska from the Aleutian Islands north to Point Barrow, and east and west of the Canadian border.
		Arctic foxes are able to reproduce at the age of 9 or 10 months.
	www.blm.gov /ak/animals/arcfox1.html (220 words)

	Arctic Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com
		Land within the Arctic Circle is tundra, and it supports less life most other biomes because of the cold temperatures, strong, dry winds, and permafrost (permanently-frozen soil).
		Many animals who overwinter in the Arctic (like the Arctic fox and the ermine) have a coat that thickens and changes color to white during the winter as camouflage in the snow (blending into the background is called cryptic coloration).
		Many animals (like the Arctic tern) spend the summer months in the Arctic, but leave as the weather turns frigid and food becomes scarce (these animals return again the next summer, repeating this pattern year after year).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /coloring/arcticanimals.shtml (815 words)

	Arctic Fox
		The female Arctic fox has a litter of 6-12 pups in the spring, and the family stays together through the summer.
		In the winter, the brownish grey coat of the Arctic fox changes to a thick, warm white coat, allowing it to venture out on long hunting trips and not be seen by its prey.
		Arctic fox fur is the warmest fur of any mammal, even warmer than the polar bear and Arctic wolf.
	www.athropolis.com /arctic-facts/fact-arctic-fox.htm (264 words)

	Arctic Fox
		The arctic fox has short stubby legs, and fur lining the soles of their feet.
		Foxes are omnivores and scavengers, feeding on a variety of things like berries, birds, eggs, ground squirrels, and insects.
		The arctic fox is not endangered, although they are still hunted for their pelts.
	www.ben.edu /museum/arcticfox.asp (387 words)

	Arctic Fox (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the summer the Arctic fox is brown and in winter it is white.
		The average litter for an Arctic fox is 6 or 7 pups.
		A male Arctic fox is called a reynard, the female os called a vixen, and the baby is called a kit or a pup.
	www.vita-learn.org /bmes/grades1-2/SagPages/Danielle.htm (176 words)

	Paradox of the Arctic Fox - National Wildlife Magazine
		And with lightsome feet, the fox escorts the souls of children to the swirling, heavenward dance of the aurora borealis.
		More typically, an arctic fox is tundra brown in summer, ice white in winter, and its waking life is a restless foxtrot punctuated by quick pounces.
		When predation by arctic foxes slowed the recovery of overhunted geese populations on the YukonKuskokwim Delta in the 1980s, that relationship helped illustrate the fragile balance of the ecosystem, as well as the vital importance of the state's 175 million acres of wetlands to both the birds and the foxes.
	www.nwf.org /nationalwildlife/article.cfm?issueID=55&articleID=1179 (1719 words)

	Arctic Fox
		Adult fox weigh 6 to 10 pounds, are, on average, 43 inches long from nose to tail tip with the tail being approximately 15 inches in length.
		Arctic fox are sexually mature at 9 to 10 months.
		One fox, tagged on the coast of Russia was caught a year later near Wainwright, Alaska.
	www.wildcam.com /guides/critter.jsp?animalid=13 (293 words)

	Arctic Fox -- Pictures, Animal Facts, Habitats, Video, Sound, Wallpaper -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The arctic fox is an incredibly hardy animal that can survive frigid Arctic temperatures as low as —58°F (-50°C) in the treeless lands where it makes its home.
		Arctic foxes live in burrows, and in a blizzard they may tunnel into the snow to create shelter.
		But for an arctic fox the tail (or "brush") is especially useful as warm cover in cold weather.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /animals/mammals/arctic-fox.html (335 words)

	Arctic Fox by Maddie
		The relatives of the arctic fox are gray fox, red fox, arctic wolf, and dogs.
		The arctic fox lives in the light places where it is bit dry and very cold.
		The arctic fox's enemies are polar bears, grizzly bears, and wolves.
	www.crockerfarm.org /ac/rm02/animals/MaddieArcticFox.htm (401 words)

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