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GRAY FOX
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The range of the gray fox includes southern and eastern parts of the United States, southeastern Canada, Central America and all of Mexico. Most gray foxes live in areas that provide dense cover.

Sometimes called a “tree fox,” the small gray fox is the only fox that regularly climbs trees to evade predators or hunt its own prey. When climbing, they grasp tree trunks with their sharply clawed forepaws and push with the long claws on their hind feet. Whether they are the pursuer or the pursued, gray foxes are able to jump from branch to branch with the ease of a squirrel.

Mature gray foxes weigh only about seven to thirteen pounds and can measure up to fifteen inches high at the shoulder. A stripe of very dark guard hairs runs along the midline of their bushy tails.

Gray foxes mate in midwinter. After mating, the female vixen seeks out a place to make a den - usually in a hollow log or in a hollow tree. If no hollow logs or trees are available, she will select an abandoned burrow of another animal and enlarge it to her liking. About seven weeks after mating, a litter of four to seven young kits are born. The male dog does all the hunting, leaving food for his mate at an entrance to the den. He helps supply food for his family until late summer. By autumn, the young are self-sufficient and go off on their own.

Text © 1996 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1996 Bill Harrah.
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RED FOX VIXEN AND KITS
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As the best known member of the fox family, the red fox’s cleverness is legendary. Its range includes North and Central America, North Africa, Europe and Asia. In the United States it is found in every state but Florida and Hawaii. Most red foxes live around the edges of forests or open land, but some have adapted to life in suburban areas as well.

Mature red foxes weigh only about ten to fifteen pounds, but because of their long, thick fur and bushy tails they appear larger. Their beautiful fur ranges in color from brown or tan to red.

Spending much of their time looking for something to eat, red foxes hunt mostly at night, and may travel as many as five miles in search of food. They consume large numbers of small rodents, snakes and insects, but will eat almost anything they can find or catch, including fruit, earthworms, eggs, frogs, and lizards.

Red foxes mate in midwinter. After mating, the female vixen seeks out a place to make a den. Rather than digging a new den, she often selects an abandoned burrow of another animal and enlarges it to her liking. About seven weeks after mating, a litter of four to seven young kits are born. The male dog does all the hunting, leaving food for his mate at an entrance to the den. He helps supply food for his family until late summer. By autumn, the young are self-sufficient and go off on their own.

Text © 1998 Terry White, Drawing © 1998 Bill Harrah.

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