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A fox can be any of 23 medium-sized carnivore species in the family Canidae, most commonly a member of the genus Vulpes, and in particular the well-known Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes. Foxes tend to be small by comparison with other members of their family like wolves, jackals, and domestic dogs; to have slender, slightly flattened skulls, pointed muzzles, moderately short legs, large ears, and long, bushy tails.
Unlike many canids, foxes are not pack animals; they are solitary, opportunistic feeders that hunt live prey by stealth and surprise, and gather a wide variety of other foods ranging from grasshoppers to fruit and berries.
Foxes include members of the following genera:
Vulpes ("foxes" in the strict sense, ten species)
Alopex (Arctic Fox)
Fennecus (Fennec)
Urocyon (two species: Gray Fox and Island Fox)
Lycalopex (Hoary Fox)
Pseudalopex (South American foxes, four species, e.g. Culpeo)
Dusicyon (Falkland Island Fox)
Cerdocyon (Crab-eating Fox)
some countries foxes are a serious pest when imported. This is a recurring pattern in colonization. Plants and animals, though perfectly suited to their environmental niche in their home country, become a serious pest when taken to a different part of the world.
In Australia, for example, feral Red Foxes are probably the single most harmful invasive animal, being responsible for more extinctions than even cats and rabbits. Deliberately introduced as a quarry for the sport of fox hunting, they are now seen as a pest by farmers because of the toll they take on young lambs, goats and poultry, and are hunted by professional and amateur shooters, particularly by spotlighting.
Ironically, certain varieties of fox in other parts of the world are an endangered species. The first example of the introduction of the fox into a new habitat by humans seems to be neolithic Cyprus.
In Western culture, the fox is a familiar animal of folklore, a symbol for cunning. (See Trickster). The species is also a popular animal for furry characters.
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Fox
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Australia Advances - CSIRO Publishing
Birth control for Foxes
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Jackal
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PBS
Seals must battle hungry jackals in order to survive.
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Arctic Fox
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R&C; Photography
Cross Fox Digging
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Golden Jackal
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Getty Images
Golden jackal circling Abdim's stork + trying to attack it / Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, Africa
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Bat-eared fox
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BBC Nature: Wildfacts
"The bat-eared fox is the only canid to have largely abandoned mammalian prey in favour of insects". Video clip
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Jackal
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BBC Nature: Wildfacts
Black-backed jackal Video."Black-backed jackals have grey to silver, or reddish-brown fur, with a black saddle.
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Blanford's fox
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BBC Nature: Wildfacts
"Blanford's foxes are small with a bushy tail". Blanford's fox Video
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Red Fox
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FotoSearch.com
Red fox scratching itself
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Arctic Fox
0.160MB WMV View Movie
R&C; Photography
Arctica Fox Clip
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Arctic Fox
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R&C; Photography
Cross Fox clip
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Grey
Grey Fox
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Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica and Panama (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Grey Fox, Monteverde
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Golden Jackal
Streaming RAM View Movie
BBC Nature: Wildfacts
"Golden jackals have golden reddish-yellow fur with a white mark on the throat", Golden jackal Video
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Kit fox, swift fox
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BBC Nature: Wildfacts
Kit fox, swift fox Video. "These are the smallest of the American foxes, and are not much larger than a domestic cat".
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Pale fox
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BBC Nature: Wildfacts
"Pale foxes are a pale sandy colour with a black tip on the tail". Pale fox Video
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Denali Fox
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Mrs. Nancy Hummel's Sixth Grade class at Joy Elementary School in Fairbanks
Denali Fox movie
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Silver-backed Jackal
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Getty Images
Silver-backed jackal following Thomson's gazelle in circles around bush
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Fox
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Creatas
Fox hunting
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Fox
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Finley-Holiday Films
Foxes Playing
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Swift Fox
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Wildside Productions
Swift fox & kits
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Fox
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Wildside Productions
Fox catches mouse
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Fox
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DVArchive
Fox or coyote looking alert, runs away
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Fox
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Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica and Panama (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Grey Fox, Monteverde
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Swift fox
Streaming RAM View Movie
National Geographic - The Great Plains
Video clip of a Swift fox. "At a full stop—for the moment, the swift fox is a real speed demon".
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Arctic Fox
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National Geographic
The Egg Thief
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