Alopex lagopus

Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:40. TYPE LOCALITY: "alpibus Lapponicis, Sibiria, " restricted by Thomas (1911a) to " Sweden (Lapland)." DISTRIBUTION: Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands. SYNONYMS: arctica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Alopex
Alopex lagopus
Arctic
Barrett
Tundra
Lapland
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7287965
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7287965
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Summary:Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:40. TYPE LOCALITY: "alpibus Lapponicis, Sibiria, " restricted by Thomas (1911a) to " Sweden (Lapland)." DISTRIBUTION: Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands. SYNONYMS: arctica Oken, 1816; argenteus Billberg, 1827; beringensis Merriam, 1902; beringianus Cherski, 1920; caerulea Nilsson, 1820; fuliginosus Bechstein, 1799; groenlandicus Bechstein, 1799; hallensis Merriam, 1900; innuitus Merriam, 1902; kenaiensis Brass, 1911; pribilofensis Merriam, 1902; spitzbergenensis Barrett-Hamilton and Bonhote, 1898; typicus Barrett-Hamilton and Bonhote, 1898; ungava Merriam, 1902. COMMENTS: Viable hybrids have been recorded between Alopex lagopus and Vulpes vulpes (Chiarelli, 1975). Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 279, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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