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Alopex lagopus

Description

Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:40.

TYPE LOCALITY: N. Scandinavia, Lapland.

DISTRIBUTION: Circumpolar, entire tundra zone of the Holarctic, including most of the Arctic islands.

COMMENT: Placed in genus Canis, subgenus Alopex by Van Gelder, 1978:8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001001001001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 244, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980

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Biodiversity

Family
Canidae
Genus
Alopex
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
lagopus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Van Gelder, R. G. 1978. A review of canid classification. American Museum Novitates, 2646: 1 - 10.