Vulpes lagopus

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Vulpes lagopus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes lagopus
Subspecies: V. l. beringensis - V. l. fuliginosus - V. l. lagopus - V. l. pribilofensis

[edit] Name

Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type Locality: "alpibus Lapponicis, Sibiria," restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Sweden (Lapland)."

[edit] Synonyms

• Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

[edit] References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 40.
• Alexandra M. Audet, C. Brian Robbins, and Serge Larivière 2002. Alopex lagopus, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologist, No. 713, pp. 1–10, 3 figs.
• Vulpes lagopus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)
• Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Report on ITIS

[edit] Vernacular names

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