blue foxes

Tundra-dwelling polar canids

Blue foxes are arctic foxes with a blue-gray coat that remains dark year-round, unlike the white winter coat of most arctic foxes.

The term also applies to the fur harvested from these animals, prized in the fur trade: a blue fox stole.

Blue foxes are sometimes farm-raised for their pelts.

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wild canine · fur · fur coat · hunting · genetic mutation · mammals · indigenous folklore · fur trade · predator · selective breeding · animals · carnivore · fennec · scavenger · wildlife conservation · coastal habitat · species · cold climate

Opposites
climate adaptation

blue foxesdesert foxes

Arid-land wild canids

fennec foxes · kit foxes · desert mammals · jungle cats · sand cats

coloration type

blue foxeswhite foxes

Pale-furred northern canids

red foxes · silver foxes

fur trade value

blue foxesgray squirrels

Nut-caching arboreal rodents

muskrats

Family

blue, fox, blues, blued, bluing, bluish, blueness, bluer, bluest

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