北极狐英文介绍

• Habitat • In the summer the arctic fox lives in the tundra at the edge of forest. I’n the winter it can be found on ice floes where its white coat serves as camouflage. Itห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ den is usually a burrow in a hillside or a bank and it has more than one entrance.
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Arctic Fox - Alopex lagopus Characteristics Range Habitat Diet Life Cycle Behavior
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Characteristics
• The arctic fox is dark gray to bluish brown in the summer. In the winter its fur is white or creamy white. It has a long bushy tail, a short nose and small curled back ears. Its short legs and nose, thick fur and small ears are adaptations that help it survive in cold climates. The fur on its paws also gives the fox traction so it doesn't slide on the ice. When the arctic fox is sleeping, it protects its nose from the cold by curling its bushy tail around its body.
• Range • In North America the arctic fox can be found from western Alaska east through northern Canada in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. It is also found in the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, Iceland and Greenland.
Diet
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Diet
The arctic fox is an opportunistic eater. It will eat just about whatever it comes across. It eats small mammals like lemmings, voles; birds; insects; eggs.In fact, in the winter it often follows polar bears and wolves and eats their leftover kill. In the summer the arctic fox will carry extra food to its den and store it under rocks to eat later. A major source of food for the arctic fox is the lemming.
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• Behavior • The arctic fox is nomadic, it moves from place to place looking for food. In the summer they live in family groups made up of a male, one or two females and the kids.
.. At present a fox fur prices for 600 ~ 700 yuan, processed into collar market price of 2000 ~ 3000 yuan. Fox meat tender meat, taste delicious, is the low fat high protein , both edible value and medicinal value. At present, the fox meat market average price per kilogram 50 ~ 60 yuan, is that many hotels, hotel rushed to buy highgrade game raw materials.
• Life Cycle • The arctic fox mates between February and June. The female builds a new den and gives birth to between six to twelve dark furred kids. Both the female and the male will take care of the young kids. The male will guard the den and bring food to the den for the mother and the kids.
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