Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus

Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus, summer (front) & winter (behind), central Iceland

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes lagopus
Subspecies: Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus

Name

Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus (Bechstein, 1799)

Synonyms

• Canis fuliginosus (protonym)
  • Alopex lagopus fuliginosus
• Canis groenlandicus Bechstein, 1799
  • Vulpes lagopus groenlandicus
  • Alopex lagopus groenlandicus
• Vulpes lagopus spitzbergenensis (Barrett-Hamilton & Bonhote, 1898)

References

• Allgemeine Uebersicht der vierfüssigen Thiere 1: 270.
• Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Grönland-Polarfuchs
English: Iceland Arctic Fox
português: Raposa-ártica-da-Islândia