Stats

Lifespan: 3-4 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Cathemeral
Social: Pair
Biome: Arctic tundra
Range: Arctic
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Live Birth
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

A small fox of the Arctic tundra with a thick winter coat that turns pure white for camouflage on snow. Its dense fur gives it the warmest pelt of any mammal, letting it stay active at temperatures as low as -50 C without shivering.

Life cycle

1.
newborn pup
A blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
2.
juvenile
A weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
3.
adolescent
An adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
4.
adult
Fully grown and hunting alongside the pack.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes lagopus