Excavation of an Arctic Fox, Alopex lagopus, den by a Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus

We observed a Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) excavating an Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) den on 24 June 1998, 3 km inland from the Hudson Bay coast (58°40'N, 93°12'W), near Cape Churchill in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba. To our knowledge this is the first observed excavation of an Arctic Fox...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Authors: Richardson, Evan S., Brook, Ryan K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2004
Subjects:
Arctic Fox
Alopex lagopus
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
den
behaviour
Hudson Bay
Wapusk National Park
Manitoba
Arctic
Cape Churchill
Hudson
Churchill
Wapusk national park
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/63
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.63
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Summary:We observed a Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) excavating an Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) den on 24 June 1998, 3 km inland from the Hudson Bay coast (58°40'N, 93°12'W), near Cape Churchill in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba. To our knowledge this is the first observed excavation of an Arctic Fox den by a Polar Bear.

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