Alopex lagopus rossicus Kuzmina & Sablin, 1993
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
May be a synonym of A. l. fossilis (Baryshnikov, 2006)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
East European Plain
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kuzmina, I. E. and Sablin, M. V. (1993). Arctic foxes of the Late Pleistocene from the Upper Desna River. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 249: 93-104. [In Russian].
Other references:
Baryshnikov, Gennady. (2006). Late Pleistocene arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) from Crimea, Ukraine. Quaternary International 142-143: 208-217.
Dalen L., Nystrom V., Valdiosera C., Germonpré M., Sablin M., Turner E., Angerbjorn A., Arsuaga J.L. and Gotherstrom A. (2007). Ancient DNA reveals lack of postglacial habitat tracking in the arctic fox. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(16): 6726-6729. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0701341104
Sablin, M. V. (1994). Late Pleistocene arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus rossicus) from Kostenki site, Voronezh district. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 256: 59–68. [In Russian, with English summary].
Sablin, M. V. and Iltsevich, K. Yu. (2021). Remains of large mammals from the Epigravettian site of Yudinovo. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 325(1): 71-81.