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Arctic Fox Facts(Page-2)
- Size: The fox is the size of a large domestic cat.
- Tail: The foxes long bushy tail makes up to 30-35% of its length.
- Weight: The white and blue foxes can weigh from 5 to 10 pounds.
- Litters: Born from late May to early June.
- Litters: Usually 5-12 pups,only half will survive.
- Litters: Red foxes can have an average of 22 pups.
- Litters: The pups will leave their den after 14 weeks.
- Fur: In the winter the white fox has a heavy white coat and the blue fox has a light bluish gray coat.
- Fur: In May the white foxes coat changes to a thinner two-tone coat.The blue foxes coat gets a dark gray color.
- Hearing: They can hear up to 160 feet away.
- Speed: They can run 35 m.p.h. as fast as a moped.
- Population Reductions: Are due to trappers and hunters.
- Normal Population Reductions: Are from diseases such as rabies and mange.
- Life Management: Dates that are set for the trapping season.
- Life Management: No restrictions on the number of foxes trapped and killed.No updated population facts are known or recorded for now.
- Enemies: Polar bears and people.
*Credits*
- 1st white fox photo courtesy: Mammals of the World (c) Oxford Scientific Films.
- 2nd arctic fox photo courtesy: Healthy Planet @ Art World.
- Fur Coat Facts by: Infurmation.com with-Fur Free Alliance.
- Fur Farm Data: Advocates for Animals
- Arctic Fox Status: Canada Wild-Life Service.
- Table lessons:byDraac
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