Wednesday 1 December 2021

ARCTIC FOX

 ARCTIC FOX 


The Arctic fox is also known as Polar fox, White fox or snow fox. Arctic foxes are good swimmers. They are well adapted to living in cold environments.

        these are small foxes native to the arctic regions of the nothern hemisphere and common throughout the arctic tundra biome. their thick and warm fur tare used as camouflage.

There are several thousand arctic foxes left in the wild. 

Arctic fox has a round body shape, short nose, and legs and short, fluffy ears. This fox is about 10 - 12 inches high and weighs from 6.5 - 21 pounds.

  Arctic foxes are brown in summer and white in winter. female fox is smaller than male fox.




The arctic fox has very good ears so they can hear small animals under the snow. 
    Arctic foxes are omnivores. 

 Artic foxes do not hibernate (That means they do not sleep in the winter time - most warm blooded animals are sleeping in winter when food is short )

they have a keen sense of smell. 

 This fox can live in cold north even when it is -30F.

Female fox can produce 5 - 8 cubs, and sometimes as many as 25 cubs.





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ARCTIC FOX

 ARCTIC FOX  The Arctic fox is also known as Polar fox, White fox or snow fox. Arctic foxes are good swimmers. They are well adapted to livi...