Name of animal-plant: Arctic fox

Species name: Alopex lagopus

Animal type: T_MAMMAL

Subcategory: canine

Fact:

All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.

The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and  the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Alopex lagopus