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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.
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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 North American red foxes have been traditionally considered either as subspecies of the Old World red foxes or subspecies of their own species, V. fulva.Due to the opinion that North American red foxes were introduced from Europe, all North American red foxes have been seen as conspecific with V. vulpes; [2] however, genetic analyses of global red fox haplotypes indicates that the North ...
The High Sierra fox shares most of its physical characteristics with the red fox, though it is slightly smaller and has some special adaptions for travel over snow. The High Sierra fox was discovered as a subspecies in 1937, but its study lapsed for more than half a century before its populations were rediscovered beginning in 1993.
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Date: 23 December 2006 (from original file's EXIF): Source: National Park Service website (): Author: National Park Service / uncredited derivative work: User:Maps and stuff (cropped close at 3:2 ratio)
Red fox standing over its prey. Sharpened version Levels & sharpened. A beautiful red fox standing over its pray. Detail is excellent on this picture. The hair in his fur coat can easily be seen and the focus is great. Nominate and support. - ZeWrestler Talk 19:34, 9 August 2005 (UTC) Support, nice detail. Phoenix 2 15:48, August 12, 2005 (UTC ...