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Taxonomy
Canis lagopus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Leucocyon lagopus by Bourguignat (1875); it was recombined as Alopex lagopus by Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), van Gelder (1978) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Vulpes lagopus by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Crile and Quiring (1940) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Leucocyon lagopus by Bourguignat (1875); it was recombined as Alopex lagopus by Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), van Gelder (1978) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Vulpes lagopus by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Crile and Quiring (1940) and Wang et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Canis lagopus Linnaeus p. 40 |
| 1875 | Leucocyon lagopus Bourguignat |
| 1911 | Alopex lagopus Thomas p. 135 |
| 1927 | Vulpes lagopus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 67 figs. Pl 12 |
| 1940 | Vulpes lagopus Crile and Quiring p. 229 |
| 1968 | Alopex lagopus Kurten p. 116 |
| 1978 | Alopex lagopus van Gelder |
| 1980 | Alopex lagopus Kurten and Anderson p. 174 |
| 2008 | Vulpes lagopus Wang et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 [Arctic fox]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available