RED FOX
By: Murphy Churchill

IDENTIFYING RED FOX

• Genus and Species:
• Vulpes Vulpes

LOCATION

NICHE

• Predator
• Feeds On Small Mammals
• Berries, Vegetation

POPULATION

Life Expectancy

GESTATION PERIOD

• 52 Day Gestation Period
• Offspring born between March and May
• 3-5 Pups/ Average Litter

DIET

• Birds, Small Mammals
• Fruits, Berries, Grasses
• Invertebrates:
• Crickets, Caterpillars, Grasshopers, Etc.

BEHAVIOR

• Nocturnal
• Good Ear For High Frequency Sounds
• Do Not Normally Live in a Den

CHARACTERISTICS

• Orangish-Red Fur On Back And Sides
• White Fur Under Neck And Chest
• Long Bushy Tail Striped With White
• Pointed Black Ears

MALE VS. FEMALE

• Adult Males Are Larger
• They Weigh More
• Broader Head
• Longer, More Narrow Snout

HISTORY

• Most Widely Distributed Wild Carnivores
• Distributed Across Entire Northern Hemisphere
• From Article Circle To North Africa
• Widest Geographical Range

LIFESTYLE

• Live Alone Until Mating Season
• Depend On Only Themselves For Food
• Adapt Very Easily To New Environments And Human Living

DAMAGE

• Threat To Poultry Producers
• Threat To Livestock

CONTROL

• Net Wire Fences & Electric Fencea
• Toxicants
• Trapping
• Shooting

COMPETITION

• Compete For Food Resources With Coyotes
• Rabbits, Marmots, And Other Foxes For Dens

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WORKS CITED

• http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Vulpes_vulpes/
• http://www3.northern.edu/natsource/MAMMALS/Redfox1.htm
• http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/redfox.htm
• http://www.lhnet.org/red-fox/
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/red_fox.htm