Nor is the canadian marble fox or even a canadian fox.
Canadian artic marble fox.
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In the wild most individuals do not live past their first year.
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.
When it comes to the exotic marble fox also known as the arctic marble fox because they are from alaska or the canadian region they can adapt to the cold and live for 3 4 years in the wild.
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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.
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.
In this context canadian is a geographic signifier and marble is a descriptor.
Man has bred the two and the result has been the marble fox.
It is well adapted to living in cold environments and is best known for its thick warm fur that is also used as camouflage.
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.
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.
Marble foxes occur as genetic mutations called color phases resulting from breeding the red fox.
The marble fox or arctic marble fox is an interesting breed of fox and not just because of the coat.
Despite much online hullabaloo about this near virally popular bundle of foxy cuteness the marble arctic fox is not actually a particular species.
Instead this type of fox is breed by humans for their uniquely beautiful coloring.
Red foxes and arctic foxes don t share the same range so such a cross breed doesn t occur in nature.
This beautiful breed has no direct connection to the arctic fox but it is often referred to as the arctic marble fox.
What is a canadian marble arctic fox.
The arctic fox is both a hunter and scavenger.