📷 (c) Рагимов Михаил, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
📷 (c) Joanne Muis Redwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
📷 (c) Птицы Челябинской области, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
IUCN: Least Concern
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassMammalia›OrderCarnivora›FamilyCanidae›GenusVulpes
About
Red foxes are flexible predators and scavengers that thrive in both wild and human-shaped landscapes. Their keen hearing helps them locate small mammals under vegetation or snow before pouncing. Family groups use dens for raising pups and communicate through scent marks, calls, and body postures.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Forest edges, grassland, tundra, farmland, suburbs, and deserts
🍃Diet Omnivore — rodents, rabbits, birds, insects, fruit, and carrion
📏Size & Weight Body 45–90 cm; tail 30–55 cm
•weight 3–14 kg
⏳Lifespan 2–5 years wild; longer in care
🗺Range Native across the Northern Hemisphere; introduced in Australia
MammalCanine
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Forest edges, grassland, tundra, farmland, suburbs, and deserts
🍃Diet Omnivore — rodents, rabbits, birds, insects, fruit, and carrion
📏Size & Weight Body 45–90 cm; tail 30–55 cm
•weight 3–14 kg
⏳Lifespan 2–5 years wild; longer in care
🗺Range Native across the Northern Hemisphere; introduced in Australia
Photo Credits
#1(c) Рагимов Михаил, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
#2(c) Joanne Muis Redwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
#3(c) Птицы Челябинской области, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
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