Arctic tod
Appearance
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Arctic tod | |
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Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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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.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Angerbjörn, A. & Tannerfeldt, M. (2014). Vulpes lagopus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T899A57549321.en
- ↑ 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
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ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ Oken, Lorenz (1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. 3. Jena, Germany: August Schmid und Comp. p. 1033.
- ↑ 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
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ignored (help) - ↑ 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
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ignored (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - ↑ Merriam 1902, pp. 171–172.
- ↑ 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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