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The silver fox has also been represented in different forms of media. On television, in films, and in comic books, Silver Fox is a character in the Wolverine superhero series. [27] In cartoon, the characters Scarface and Lady Blue from TV animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood are silver foxes. [28]
Belyayev chose the silver fox for his experiment, "because it is a social animal and is related to the dog." [ 8 ] The silver fox had, however, never before been domesticated. Belyayev designed a selective-breeding program for the foxes that was intended to reproduce a single major factor, namely "a strong selection pressure for tamability".
The current group of domesticated silver foxes are the result of nearly fifty years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia to de novo domesticate the silver morph of the red fox. This selective breeding resulted in physical and behavioral traits appearing that are frequently seen in domestic cats, dogs, and other animals, such as ...
Vulpes is a genus of the sub-family Caninae.The members of this genus are colloquially referred to as true foxes, meaning they form a proper clade.The word "fox" occurs in the common names of all species of the genus, but also appears in the common names of other canid species.
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America.This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox (Urocyon littoralis) of the California Channel Islands, are the only living members of the genus Urocyon, which is considered to be genetically sister to all other living canids.
"Silver fox" is used to describe an attractive older man. While the term is not discriminatory, many men described as silver foxes have gray, white, or silver (!) hair.
Silver fox status! Ben Stiller rocked his natural gray locks while presenting at the 78th annual Golden Globes on Sunday, February 28. See What the Stars Wore on the 2021 Golden Globes Red Carpet ...
Silver fox (animal), a melanistic form of the red fox; Arts and entertainment. Silver Fox (character), in Marvel Comics "Silver Fox", a song by RJD2 from the 2002 ...