Why Arctic Foxes Change Color [+ How They Do It]

The arctic fox (also known as a polar fox or snow fox) is most recognizable for its white fur coat. But if you see one in summer, you could mistake it for another type of fox since they have a different color coat. In this video, we'll look at why the arctic fox changes color and how they are able to choose a summer color that matches their habitat.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Why Do Arctic Foxes Change Color?
00:51 - Seasonal Molting
01:05 - How Arctic Foxes Change Color
01:40 - Their Winter Coat is 200% Thicker
02:04 - When Do Arctic Foxes Change Color?
02:21 - How Climate Change Will Impact Seasonal Molting

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The Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) is a species of fox native to the North Pole, it is one of four extant fox species included within the genus Alopex, the other three being the Corsac Fox (Alopex corsac), the Swift Fox (Alopex velox), and the Kit Fox (Alopex macrotis), members of the genus Alopex are called white foxes, white foxes are a genus of dog within the subtribe Vulpina of the tribe Canini, Vulpina is a subtribe of old world canines that contains both the raccoon dogs and the old world foxes, there are six extant genera included within the subtribe Vulpina, the Red Foxes (genus Vulpes), the Tibetan Sand Fox or Tibetan Fox (genus Neocyon), the White Foxes (genus Alopex), the Dwarf Foxes (genus Fennecus), the Bat-Eared Fox (genus Otocyon), and the Raccoon Dogs (genus Nyctereutes), in fact raccoon dogs are not actually foxes even though they are most closely related to the old world foxes, in fact raccoon dogs are actually descended from miocene foxes in Asia, they share a more direct and recent common ancestor with the foxes from the Otocyon genus, the genera of foxes other than the genus Otocyon that also happen to be most closely related to the raccoon dogs happen to be dwarf foxes (genus Fennecus) being the closest to the Otocyon + Nyctereutes, with white foxes (genus Alopex) being the second closest, and the Tibetan Sand Fox in its monotypic genus Neocyon being the third closest, the red foxes (genus Vulpes) which happen to be the largest foxes known are actually the most distantly related from all the other groups, meaning many species of living old world fox are more closely related to the raccoon dogs than they are to the red foxes.

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Why do you keep showing Arctic Wolves when referencing Arctic Foxes?

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