mw-arctic+fox

=Title: Arctic Fox by: Maddie W. =

__Size__: Height: At shoulder 10-12in. (25-30cm)
 Weight:they weigh from 6-10 pounds. color:they are normally white in the cold winters and brownish grey in the summer.

__Habitat__: Above timberline,circumpolar regions, VERY COLD AND ICY.


__Range__: Northern and western Alaska and Canada Northern Canada south to northern Northwest
 Territories,northeast Alberta,northern Manitoba, northern Quebec, Russia, and Greenland.

__Diet__: Arctic foxes feed mostly on small mammals,including lemmings and tundra voles,nesting seabirds,
 such as auklets,puffins, and murres.

__Behavior & adaptations to its way of life__: Arctic foxes have a lot
of fur to keep them warm. They have about 6-7 babies per pregnancy. Also because they are white in the winter they blend in with the snow. One litter is produced each season after a gestation period of about 51 days. ===__Relationship to other animals (predator/prey, parasite, etc.)__: arctic foxes eat a lot of different birds but they do not rally eat animals much bigger then them so they do not bother other animals,one of there enemy is the arctic wolf. === 
 * __How it reproduces:__ ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Arctic foxes are sexually mature by 10 months of age.On average, 6 pups are born between mid-May and mid-June.

<span style="color: rgb(23, 120, 120);">__Relationship to people__:the only time the foxes are scared or defensive against people is when people do something to them first
===<span style="color: rgb(213, 78, 11);">__History__:arctic foxes are predators that have been around the arctic for a very long time as said in the information above u can find out what they have been eating for the future and past and more info about there past. === <span style="color: rgb(24, 152, 231);">

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">__Citations__: www.google.com
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> http://www.vulpes.org/foxden/quickie/quickie/artcic.htm http://enyurdreams.tripod.com/wildlife/id9.html http:/www.nwtwildlife.com/NWTWildlife/foxes/arcticfox/reproduction.htm