Scientific Name: Vulpes Lagopus
The Arctic fox is often assigned to its own genus Alopex, even though the definitive mammal taxonomy list places it in Vulpes with the majority of other foxes.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Carnivor
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes Lagopus
Chordates: The Arctic fox belongs to the Phylum Chordata. The chordates are known as organisms that have a structure called a notochord. The notochord is a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals. The notochord lies dorsal to the gut but ventral to the central nervous system. It also serves as support during locomotion. Other characteristics chordates have is bilateral symmetry, a full digestive system, a tail formed at the posterior end near the anus, and a ventral heart with dorsal and ventral blood vessels.
The Arctic fox is often assigned to its own genus Alopex, even though the definitive mammal taxonomy list places it in Vulpes with the majority of other foxes.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Carnivor
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes Lagopus
Chordates: The Arctic fox belongs to the Phylum Chordata. The chordates are known as organisms that have a structure called a notochord. The notochord is a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals. The notochord lies dorsal to the gut but ventral to the central nervous system. It also serves as support during locomotion. Other characteristics chordates have is bilateral symmetry, a full digestive system, a tail formed at the posterior end near the anus, and a ventral heart with dorsal and ventral blood vessels.