ARCTIC FOX. 
The Arcric Fox isthe Cauis^^ulpe s Lagopus, 
of LI 111132 lis ; the Vulpes Alba, of Jolriiston ; 
the Canis Hieme Alba, ^^staie ex Ciiieieo 
Coerulesceiis, of Brisson and Schreber ; and the 
Isatis, or Ar6lic Dog, of Gmelin, Buffon, and 
the Leverian Museum. 
Pennant, who has figured tills animal, de- 
scribes it as having " a sharp nose; short 
rounded ears, almost hid in the fur ; long and 
soft, hair, somewhat woolly, and of a white 
colour ; sometimes pale cinereous ; short legs ; 
toes covered with fur on all parts, like those 
of a Hare ; tail shorter than that of a Com- 
mon Fox, and more bushy ; and hair much 
longer in winter than in summer, as is usual 
with the animals of cold climates. It inha- 
bits the countries bordering on the Frozen Seas, 
as far as the land is destitute of woods, which 
is generally from seventy to sixty-eight degrees 
latitude. The species extends to Kamtschatka, 
and in Bering's and Copper Islands ; but in 
none of the other islands between Kamt-r 
schatka and the opposite parts of America, 
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