Polar lands · Mammal
Arctic fox
Vulpes lagopus
The Arctic fox lives in one of the coldest places on Earth. Its coat is snow-white in winter and brown-grey in summer, keeping it hidden all year.
- Where it lives
- Arctic tundra
- Diet
- OmnivoreEats plants and meat
- Weight
- 3–8 kg
- Shoulder height
- 30 cm
- Top speed
- 50 km/h
- Lifespan (wild)
- 3–6 years
In Pawpedia: What is a mammal?What is an omnivore?
Yaman scale
Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.
Shoulder height5×= 1 Yaman
It would take about 5 of them to match Yaman's height (shoulder height 30 cm).
Weight6×= 1 Yaman
It would take about 6 of them to weigh as much as Yaman.
Common questions
Where does the Arctic fox live?
- Arctic tundra. In our zoo it lives in the Polar lands zone.
What does the Arctic fox eat?
- It is a omnivore: it eats plants and meat.
How big does the Arctic fox get?
- Shoulder height: 30 cm. It weighs 3–8 kg.
How long does the Arctic fox live?
- 3–6 years in the wild.
How fast is the Arctic fox?
- It can reach about 50 km/h.
Is the Arctic fox endangered?
- On the IUCN Red List it is listed as least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.
Did you know?
- It can survive temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees.
- Even the soles of its feet are covered in fur.
- When it sleeps, it wraps its fluffy tail around its face like a scarf.
How safe is it?
- LC
- NT
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.
IUCN Red List
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