Vulpes lagopus (carnivore)
Variant names: Alopex lagopus

Mass: 3.3 kg based on Prestrud and Nilssen 1992

Abundance: 0.03 to 27.43% (median 0.80%)

Latitudinal range: 45.1° to 72.8°

Habitats: (21) only

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Found in 21 samples

Canada: Learmonth Site (Holocene), Peale Point House 2 (1) (Holocene)

France: Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene)

Poland: Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene), Raj Cave (layer 6) (Late Pleistocene)

Russia: Svetly (layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Bol'shoj Naryn (Paleosol Layers) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 8) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 9) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 10) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 11) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 12) (Late Pleistocene), Imanay Cave (Pleistocene Layer 2) (Late Pleistocene), Imanay Cave (Pleistocene Layer 3) (Late Pleistocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 4) (Holocene), Khayrgas Cave - Layer 6 (1998-1999 pit) (Late Pleistocene), Khayrgas Cave - Layer 7 (1998–1999 pit) (Late Pleistocene), Byzovaya (Late Pleistocene)

Ukraine: Prolom II (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass3001 kgN = 201Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♀ body mass3102 kgN = 50Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♀ body mass2680 kgN = 10Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♀ body mass3060 kgN = 68Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♂ body mass3614 kgN = 263Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♂ body mass3708 kgN = 47Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♂ body mass3013 kgN = 8Prestrud and Nilssen 1992
♂ body mass3505 kgN = 63Prestrud and Nilssen 1992

See also Vulpes, Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes chama, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes galaticus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sp., Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda