Vulpes lagopus - #3246
Arctic Fox
Juvenile eating Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). Also as Alopex lagopus.
Geographic Distribution
Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands: Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, USA (Alaska).
Order/Family
Canidae
Genus
Vulpes
Specific Epithet
lagopus
Image Location
Norway, Svalbard, Spitsbergen
Image Date
29 June 2006
Photographer
LL Master