Canadian Artic Marble Fox

Despite much online hullabaloo about this near virally popular bundle of foxy cuteness the marble arctic fox is not actually a particular species.

Canadian artic marble fox.

Their beautiful white fur displays patches of black or tan across the face and on the ears. The marble fox is not a naturally occurring coloration. To find prey during the winter the arctic fox uses its hearing and sense of smell to detect small animals that are active underneath the snow. Marble foxes occur as genetic mutations called color phases resulting from breeding the red fox.

Nor is the canadian marble fox or even a canadian fox. Although the distinguishing feature of these foxes is their coloration canadian marble foxes also called arctic marble foxes are a cross between a red fox and an arctic fox. Karine aigner a myth or reality. Instead this type of fox is breed by humans for their uniquely beautiful coloring.

The arctic fox is both a hunter and scavenger. Jul 19 2019 explore fallen whiterire s board the canadian marble fox on pinterest. See more ideas about fox cute animals pets. In this context canadian is a geographic signifier and marble is a descriptor.

This coloration of the fur is not something that is natural but rather something that was created through human intervention being the offspring of the red and silver fox combination. It is well adapted to living in cold environments and is best known for its thick warm fur that is also used as camouflage. What is a canadian marble arctic fox. The fur commission usa also reports that an arctic marble was born in a silver fox litter in norway in 1945 at sverre omber s farm.

Ozzie black pine animal sanctuary photo. Man has bred the two and the result has been the marble fox. This beautiful breed has no direct connection to the arctic fox but it is often referred to as the arctic marble fox. In the wild most individuals do not live past their first year.

Red foxes and arctic foxes don t share the same range so such a cross breed doesn t occur in nature. The arctic fox vulpes lagopus also known as the white fox polar fox or snow fox is a small fox native to the arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and common throughout the arctic tundra biome.