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.