Arctic fox biography
Arctic fox fifth wheel.
Arctic wolf
Subspecies of carnivore
"White wolf" and "Polar wolf" redirect here.
Arctic fox biography
For other uses, see White Wolf (disambiguation). For the prison in Russia, see FKU IK-3, Kharp.
The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also known as the white wolf, polar wolf, and the Arctic grey wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands, from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island.[3] Unlike some populations that move between tundra and forest regions,[4] Arctic wolves spend their entire lives north of the northern treeline.[5] Their distribution to south is limited to the northern fringes of the Middle Arctic tundra on the southern half of Prince of Wales and Somerset Islands.
It is a medium-sized subspecies, distinguished from the northwestern wolf by its smaller size, its whiter colouration, its narrower braincase,[6] and larger carnassials.[7] Since 1930, there has been a pr