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The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate heat and listen for underground prey.
For example, the largest species, the red fox, weighs on average 4.1–8.7 kg [14] and the smallest species, the fennec fox, weighs only 0.7–1.6 kg. [15] They have long, dense fur, and a bushy, rounded tail that is at least half as long, or fully as long as, the head and body.
Juvenile red foxes are known as kits. Males are called tods or dogs, females are called vixens, and young are known as cubs or kits. [14] Although the Arctic fox has a small native population in northern Scandinavia, and while the corsac fox's range extends into European Russia, the red fox is the only fox native to Western Europe, and so is simply called "the fox" in colloquial British English.
They vary in size from the fennec fox, which may be as little as 24 cm (9.4 in) in length and weigh 0.6 kg (1.3 lb), [20] to the gray wolf, which may be up to 160 cm (63 in) long, and can weigh up to 79 kg (174 lb). [21] Only a few species are arboreal—the gray fox, the closely related island fox [22] and the raccoon dog habitually climb trees.
A young fennec fox that was hand-reared for seven months has died. Dot was one of two kits born at Longleat Safari Park in the spring and was raised by hand after keepers noticed their mother was ...
In the largest species, the red fox, males weigh between 4.1 and 8.7 kg (9.0 and 19.2 lb), [7] while the smallest species, the fennec fox, weighs just 0.7 to 1.6 kg (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb). [8] Fox features typically include a triangular face, pointed ears, an elongated rostrum, and a bushy tail.
The gray fox ranges from 76 to 112.5 cm (29.9 to 44.3 in) in total length. The tail measures 27.5 to 44.3 cm (10.8 to 17.4 in) of that length and its hind feet measure 100 to 150 mm (3.9 to 5.9 in). The gray fox typically weighs 3.6 to 7 kg (7.9 to 15.4 lb), though exceptionally large individuals can weigh as much as 9 kg (20 lb).
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