Nov 27, 2009 – An arctic fox, curled against a rock, in Manitoba, Canada – Tom Murphy / Getty Images

The Arctic Fox, also known as the White Fox or Snow Fox, is a small fox native to cold Arctic  regions of the Northern Hemisphere and is common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. Although it is often assigned to its own genus Alopex, the definitive mammal taxonomy list, as well as genetic  evidence places it in Vulpes with the majority of the other foxes.

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