mixed exhibit for Polar bears and Arctic foxes Thalarctos maritimus and Alopex lagopus at Omaha Zoo

The subnivean lairs of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida) were studied in the Amundsen Gulf and Prince Albert Sound areas from 1971 through 1974. The structure of several different types of lairs are described. The existence of a birth-lair complex consisting of several closely adjacent lairs appears likely. The spacial distribution of lairs and lair types found on refrozen leads and in pressure ridges is described. Lairs were more abundant in inshore ice than in offshore ice. The function of subnivean lairs appears to be to provide thermal shelter, especially for neonate seals, and protection from predation by arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus).

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Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s003224740002163x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 21 (134) ◽

pp. 433-449 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Ian Stirling ◽

Wendy Calvert

Keyword(s):

Sea Ice ◽

Arctic Ocean ◽

Marine Mammals ◽

Canadian Arctic ◽

Ursus Maritimus ◽

The Arctic ◽

Polar Bears ◽

Alopex Lagopus ◽

Arctic Foxes ◽

The Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean is the home of three major groups of mammals that depend on the sea for survival and show varying degrees of adaptation for maritime life. Most fully adapted are the whales (Cetacea), which never leave the water, and the seals and walruses (Pinnipedia) that feed entirely at sea but emerge onto land or ice for pupping and basking. Less exclusively marine are two species of the order Carnivora—Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus), that seldom live far from the sea because they feed almost entirely upon seals, and Arctic Foxes (Alopex lagopus), some of which move out onto the sea ice during the winter, mainly to scavenge on the remains of seals killed by Polar Bears.

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Fat indices of arctic foxes Alopex lagopus in Svalbard

Wildlife Biology ◽

10.2981/wlb.2003.050 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 193-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Pål Prestrud ◽

Caroline M. Pond

Keyword(s):

Alopex Lagopus ◽

Arctic Foxes

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IMMUNIZATION OF ARCTIC FOXES (ALOPEX LAGOPUS) WITH ORAL RABIES VACCINE

Journal of Wildlife Diseases ◽

10.7589/0090-3558-24.3.477 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 477-483 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Erich H. Follmann ◽

Donald G. Ritter ◽

George M. Baer

Keyword(s):

Rabies Vaccine ◽

Alopex Lagopus ◽

Arctic Foxes ◽

Oral Rabies Vaccine

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Genetic polymorphism of adenosine deaminase and mannose phosphate isomerase in blood of arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus

Animal Genetics ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2052.1991.tb00649.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 87-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. SIMONSEN ◽

B. LARSEN ◽

O. LOHI

Keyword(s):

Genetic Polymorphism ◽

Adenosine Deaminase ◽

Alopex Lagopus ◽

Arctic Foxes

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Fishing Arctic foxes Alopex lagopus on a rocky island in west Greenland

Polar Research ◽

10.3402/polar.v9i2.6793 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 211-213

Author(s):

Sussie Møller Nielsen

Keyword(s):

Alopex Lagopus ◽

West Greenland ◽

Arctic Foxes

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Survey of fox trappers in northern Alaska for rabies antibody

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268800051554 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 113 (1) ◽

pp. 137-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

E. H. Follmann ◽

D. G. Ritter ◽

M. Beller

Keyword(s):

Rabies Virus ◽

Neutralizing Antibody ◽

World Health ◽

Antibody Concentration ◽

Alopex Lagopus ◽

Arctic Foxes ◽

Health Organization ◽

Antibody Levels ◽

Northern Alaska ◽

Rabies Vaccination

SUMMARYThe purpose of this research was to determine whether trappers in northern Alaska acquired immunity to rabies virus from non-bite exposures while trapping and skinning arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus). In coastal Alaska recurring epizootics presumably provide trappers ample opportunity for contact with rabid animals. Serum neutralization analyses of blood samples collected from 26 individuals were conducted. All but three had negative rabies neutralizing antibody levels (< 0·05 I.U./ml). Two of these had previously received rabies vaccine but one individual who had trapped for about 47 years with an estimated harvest of over 3000 foxes and who had never received pre- or post-exposure rabies vaccination had a rabies serum neutralizing antibody concentration of 2·30 I.U./ml. This represents the first report of an unvaccinated person acquiring rabies virus antibody with a titre above the 0·5 I.U./ml level considered acceptable by the World Health Organization.

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