ARCTIC FOX. The average length of an arctic fox is 43 inches including a 15 inch fluffy tail. They stand 9-12 inches at the shoulder and weigh 5-9 pounds. Their fur is brownish grey in the summer and white in the winter. One type is a blue-grey year round.

Kits arrive in May and average 7 to the litter. At birth they weigh 5-7 ounces. An average lifespan is about 4 years with some living 8-10 years.

Their food consists of lemmings, hares, birds, eggs, berries, and carrion. Their enemies are the wolves, polar bears, golden eagles, snowy owls, and people.

Arctic foxes are found in treeless tundra is coastal areas, and on pack ice in the winter. They may be found 200 miles inland and that far off-shore during the freeze-up.

RED FOX. The red fox is 33-43 inches long including an 11-18 inch long, fluffy tail. They stand 15-16 inches tall at the shoulders; and weigh 6-15 pounds with the males weighing more than the females. They have three color phases: red, silver, and cross. The most common color is red with a white chest and underparts, black legs and a white -tipped tail.

Kits are born in April and May. They weigh about 5-8 ounces and are about 8 inches long. Their lifespan is 3-7 years.

Food for the red fox consists of voles and mice; hares, squirrels, birds, insects, eggs, and berries. Their predators are wolves, coyotes, lynx, wolverines, bears, and people. Golden eagles prey on their kits.

Their habitat is found in broken country with hills and draws; lowland marshes. They are found in most of mainland Alaska.