https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi Vulpes lagopus ( Arctic Fox ) en-us 2018-03-28 19:03:00 UTC 2025-10-19 15:58:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/247050075 Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes lagopus]]> 2018-03-28 19:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/247050075 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/247051853 Also known as white fox, snow fox, or polar fox. It's used to living in the cold, it's thick fur is what keeps it warm. It's fur also helps camouflage itself into its environment. They normally live for about four years in the wild. It can grow up to 27 inches in length, with a normally rounded body, that helps to barley let out body heat.]]> 2018-03-28 19:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/247051853 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249859573 Thick fur to keep warm and also hid in its environment. Live for roughly four years out in the wild. It can grow up to 27 inches in length, and has a normal rounded body. They prey on smaller animals, like: lemmings, voles, ringed seal pups, fish, waterfowl, and seabirds.]]> 2018-04-09 15:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249859573 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249862339 The Arctic Fox being native to the Arctic regions, lives in the Northern Hemisphere and is also found through the Arctic tundra biome.]]> 2018-04-09 15:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249862339 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249863715 Somewhere in dens were they can rest or in white where they can hide in the snow of Arctic regions, or blending into the colors around them with their fur. They use all the white to essentially camouflage themselves into the snow covered areas around them. ]]> 2018-04-09 15:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249863715 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249865675 They reproduce in the spring. Trying to also find a safe place to have their offspring. They like to go to frost-free dens on raised ground typically. They also dig complex tunnels going to different locations, covering about 1,200 sq yd. Some dens may be used for decades, letting generation after generation use them for protection of their young, and a resting place. They also like dens with easy entrances, for fast reactions.]]> 2018-04-09 15:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249865675 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249869087 Arctic Foxes stay in freezing temperatures close to 90-100 °C, which is between their internal core temperature and the external environment. They keep their heat by curling up tight and putting its legs and head under its own body and then covering itself with its tail, like a cover. They can either do this outside, in the environment around them, or "at home" in their dens. They don't hibernate but they do try and preserve their fat during Autumn, by doing less locomotor activities. They can increase their weight more than 50% of what it was for more warmth during the colder times.]]> 2018-04-09 15:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249869087 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249874524 Arctic Foxes could have an serious role in helping provide ecosystem services in the tundra landscape. ]]> 2018-04-09 15:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249874524 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249876716 When their population is the highest is throughout spring because they are reproducing and staying together in their dens. They sometimes travel in packs also but it is not uncommon to see an Arctic Fox by themselves in the wild.]]> 2018-04-09 15:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249876716 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249878051 Eat (Small animals; Lemmings, Voles, Rodents, Hares, Birds, Eggs, Fish, and Carrion)]]> 2018-04-09 15:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249878051 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249879559 We don't have a positive role on Arctic Foxes besides the fact we now know they are an endangered species and try to improve that fact. Other than that we have poachers that kill them for their fur, meat, and or to make sellable items out of.]]> 2018-04-09 15:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249879559 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249880606 They have multiple, poachers like them for crafting and making money. While people with an heart and care about animals know that Arctic Foxes could help in providing ecosystem services in the tundra landscape.]]> 2018-04-09 15:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249880606 caitgill0472 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249882642 Poachers trying to use them for their own benefit and dens not becoming available and or collapsing where they are no longer usable.]]> 2018-04-09 15:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249882642 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249984173 “Arctic Fox.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox.]]> 2018-04-09 18:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249984173 https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249989730 2018-04-09 18:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/caitgill0472/qgefiw5wedvi/wish/249989730