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* Bering Islands arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus beringensis

* Iceland Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus

* Pribilof Islands arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus pribilofensis

* Greenland arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus foragorapusis

Arctic fox at Svalbard, Norway.

Arctic fox skull

The arctic fox has a circumpolar range, meaning that it is found throughout the entire Arctic, including the outer edges of Greenland, Russia, Canada, Alaska, and Svalbard, as well as in Subarctic and alpine areas, such as Iceland and mainland alpine Scandinavia.

The arctic fox is the only native land mammal to Iceland.

The Arctic Fox Center in Súðavík contains an exhibition on the arctic fox and conducts studies on the influence of tourism on the population.

The abundance of the arctic fox species tends to fluctuate in a cycle along with the population of lemmings and voles ( a 3-to-4-year cycle )..

The arctic fox is losing ground to the larger red fox.

An alternate explanation of the red fox's gains involves the gray wolf: Historically, it has kept red fox numbers down, but as the wolf has been hunted to near extinction in much of its former range, the red fox population has grown larger, and it has taken over the niche of top predator.

In areas of northern Europe, there are programs in place that allow hunting of the red fox in the arctic fox's previous range.

However, the total population of the arctic fox must be in the order of several hundred thousand animals.

The world population is thus not endangered, but two arctic fox subpopulations are.

Even after local lemming peaks, the arctic fox population tends to collapse back to levels dangerously close to non-viability.

The arctic fox is classed as a " prohibited new organism " under New Zealand's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 preventing it from being imported into the country.

* State of the Environment Norway: Arctic fox

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She is a committed animal lover and one of the few Conservative MPs to have consistently voted for the ban on fox hunting.

Traditional forms of hunting on Sunday are illegal, except for raccoons which may be pursued until 2 a. m., hunting on licensed hunting preserves, use of dogs all day to hunt bear, raccoon and fox.

Boxing Day is a popular day in the UK and U. S. for mounted fox hunters.