ARCTIC FOX
(Vulpes lagopus)

The Arctic Fox is a small fox native to cold Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and is common in throughout the northern barren lands.

The length of the head and body is 50-55 cm and the tail is 30 cm long. It is 25–30 cm high at the shoulder and weigh around 4-6 kg. Arctic foxes live for 3 or 4 years in the wild and up to 14 years in captivity.

In winter, the arctic fox has a thick white coat. In May, they shed to a two-tone brown fur. Some arctic foxes have a heavy, pale bluish-gray coat in summer.

The Arctic Fox will generally eat any meat it can find, including lemmings, Arctic Hare, reptiles and amphibians, eggs, and carrion. Fish beneath the ice are also part of its diet and they also eat the remains of seals and seal pups if stranded on an ice floe at sea. When prey is scarce, the Arctic Fox scavenges the leftovers of larger predators.

Two months before the end of winter, arctic fox start to pair up for mating. Litters of between 4 and 11 kits are born in the early summer. The parents raise the young in a large den. Dens can be complex underground networks, housing many generations of foxes.The cubs are brownish and as they get older they are white.


The arctic fox of Polar Zoo

We have two arctic foxes. One male and one female.