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The Corsac fox is a nocturnal and nomadic hunter of the steppes. It does not have a defended territory, and unlike some foxes, sometimes forms packs. [8] Diurnal activity is more common at times when kits need to be fed and when food is scarce, as during the winter. [8]
The red fox can run at up to 48 km/h (30 mph). [49] The fox is also variously known as a Tod (old English word for fox), [50] Reynard (the name of an anthropomorphic character in European literature from the twelfth century), [51] or Charlie (named for the Whig politician Charles James Fox). [52]
Bengal fox at Rajkot. The Bengal Fox is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, ranging from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through the South portion of the Indian Peninsula (but the western and east Ghats are not included) and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.
Bat-eared foxes are social animals. They live in pairs or groups, depending on the subspecies. In southern Africa (ssp. megalotis), bat-eared foxes live in monogamous pairs with pups, while those in eastern Africa (ssp. virgatus) may live in pairs, or in stable family groups consisting of a male and up to three closely related females with pups.
Arctic foxes can constantly keep their feet above the tissue freezing point (−1 °C (30 °F)) when standing on cold substrates without losing mobility or feeling pain. They do this by increasing vasodilation and blood flow to a capillary rete in the pad surface, which is in direct contact with the snow rather than the entire foot.
The South American foxes (Lycalopex), commonly called raposa in Portuguese, or zorro in Spanish, are a genus from South America of the subfamily Caninae. Despite their name, they are not true foxes , but are a unique canid genus more closely related to wolves and jackals than to true foxes; some of them resemble foxes due to convergent evolution .
Although a normally silent fox, the Cape fox is known to communicate with soft calls, whines or chirps. However, it will utter a loud bark when alarmed. A long-range vocalization of yelps or yapping barks has been described, but Cape foxes apparently do not howl. [6] When in an aggressive mood, the Cape fox is known to growl and spit at its ...
The Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as grey pampean fox, Pampas zorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro (in Guaraní also called aguará chaí, anglicized as aguarachay, in Portuguese also called graxaim ([ɡɾaʃaˈĩ]), [4] is a medium-sized zorro, or "false" fox, native to the South American Pampas.