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Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 404130

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Canidae (Family) > Vulpes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Vulpes Frisch, 1775
Synonymised
taxa		  Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Source Not documented
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Bulgarian polyarnа lisitsа (from synonym)  [details]
Bulgarian Полярна лисица (from synonym)  [details]
Danish polarræv (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch poolvos (from synonym)  [details]
English Arctic fox  [details]
English polar fox  [details]
French renard polaire (from synonym)  [details]
German Eisfuchs (from synonym)  [details]
Hebrew שועל השלג (from synonym)  [details]
Italian volpe artica (from synonym)  [details]
Italian volpe bianca (from synonym)  [details]
Italian volpe polare (from synonym)  [details]
Lithuanian poliarinė lapė (from synonym)  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Αρκτική αλεπού (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål fjellrev  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål polarrev  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk fjellrev  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk polarrev  [details]
Polish piesiec (from synonym)  [details]
Romanian vulpe-polara (from synonym)  [details]
Russian песец (from synonym)  [details]
Slovak líška polárna (from synonym)  [details]
Slovenian polarna lisica (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish zorro ártico (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish zorro polar (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish fjällräv (from synonym)  [details]
Turkish kutup tilkisi (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian Лис полярний (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian Песець (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian полярна лисиця (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Links To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (289 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (248 nucleotides; 125 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404130
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-06-19 11:11:15Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404130 on 2013-05-24
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