Subfossil Records of the Arctic Fox (Alopex Lagopus) Compared to Its Present Distribution in Norway

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Frafjord, Karl, Hufthammer, Anne Karin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Archaeology; Arctic foxes; Palaeontology; Pleistocene epoch; Red foxes; Norway; Arctic; Renard; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Arctique*; renard arctique
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64327

We studied the prehistoric and historic distribution of arctic foxes in Norway by examining material and reports from archaeological excavations. A total of 44 arctic fox bones were found in 15 excavations, all of which were younger than 5000 years before present (B.P.). The majority of these sites...