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==Size== The average head-and-body length of the male is {{cvt|55|cm}}, with a range of {{cvt|46|to|68|cm}}, while the female averages {{cvt|52|cm}} with a range of {{cvt|41|to|55|cm}}.<ref name="smith"/><ref name="NG">{{cite web |url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/arctic-fox/ |title=Arctic fox: ''Alopex lagopus'' |work=National Geographic |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006220541/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/arctic-fox |archive-date=6 October 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In some regions, no difference in size is seen between males and females. The tail is about {{cvt|30|cm}} long in both sexes. The height at the shoulder is {{cvt|25|to|30|cm}}.<ref>Boitani, L. (1984). ''Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals''. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone Books, {{ISBN|978-0-671-42805-1}}</ref> On average males weigh {{cvt|3.5|kg}}, with a range of {{cvt|3.2|to|9.4|kg}}, while females average {{cvt|2.9|kg}}, with a range of {{cvt|1.4|to|3.2|kg}}.<ref name="smith">''Alopex lagopus'' at the [http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=2 Smithsonian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313001124/http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=2 |date=13 March 2015 }}</ref>
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