Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Canis] lagopus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 40.

Type Locality: "alpibus Lapponicis, Sibiria," restricted by Thomas (1911 a) to " Sweden (Lapland)." .

Vernacular Names: Arctic Fox.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. lagopus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. beringensis Merriam 1902

Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. fuliginosus Bechstein 1799

Subspecies Vulpes lagopus subsp. pribilofensis Merriam 1902

Distribution: Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands: Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA (Alaska).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Alopex lagopus .

Discussion: Viable hybrids have been recorded between V. lagopus and V. vulpes (Chiarelli, 1975) . Synonyms allocated according to Audet, et al. (2002).