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The San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) is an endangered species of fox that was formerly very common in the San Joaquin Valley and much of Central California.As an opportunistic hunter, the San Joaquin kit fox primarily preys on kangaroo rats but also targets white-footed mice, pocket mice, ground squirrels, rabbits, and ground-nesting birds.
The endangered San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) was formerly very common in the San Joaquin Valley and through much of Central California. Its 1990 population was estimated to be 7,000. This subspecies is still endangered, after nearly 50 years of being on the Endangered Species List. Officially, this subspecies was listed March 3 ...
Two mammals that she has studied extensively are the sea otter and the San Joaquin kit fox. [2] Some of her research is on the genetic management of wild and captive animal populations. [3] She obtained a BA in Biology from Stanford in 1960, an MS in Biology from Radcliffe College in 1962 and a PhD in Biology from Harvard in 1965.
The San Joaquin kit fox is a highly endangered species that has, ironically, become adapted to urban living in the San Joaquin Valley and Salinas Valley of southern California. Its diet includes mice, ground squirrels, rabbits, hares, bird eggs, and insects, and it has claimed habitats in open areas, golf courses, drainage basins, and school ...
Gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus (harvest) Island fox, Urocyon littoralis (endemic) Kit fox, Vulpes macrotis; Red fox, Vulpes vulpes; Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae. Two species of bears occurred in California. One was recently extirpated. Black bear, Ursus americanus (harvest) Brown bear, Ursus arctos (extirpated 1924)
The San Joaquin Valley, the southern part of the central valley of California and the valley of the river; San Joaquin County, California, named for the river; San Joaquin, California, a town in Fresno County, named for the river; San Joaquin City, California, in San Joaquin County, a former port on the river; Rancho San Joaquin, a Mexican land ...
Federal authorities in the United States use trapping as the primary means to control predators that prey on endangered species such as the San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica), California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) and desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). [14]
The San Joaquin River (/ ˌ s æ n hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / ⓘ SAN whah-KEEN; Spanish: Río San Joaquín [ˈri.o saŋ xoaˈkin]) is the longest river of Central California.The 366-mile (589 km) long river starts in the high Sierra Nevada and flows through the rich agricultural region of the northern San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean.