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Foxes are small to medium-sized canids. They
are related to dogs, but are not domesticated.
Fox Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
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Species: 37 species are referred to as
foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong
to the Vulpes genus of "true foxes".
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Fox Species Include:
Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes
Arctic Fox - Alopex lagopus or Vulpes
lagopus
Fennec Fox - Vulpes zerda
Blandford’s Fox -Vulpes cana
Cape Fox - Vulpes chama
Corsac Fox - Vulpes corsac
Fennec Fox - Vulpes zerda
Kit Fox - Vulpes macrotis
Arctic Fox - Vulpes lagopus
Gray Fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Raccoon Dog - Nyctereutes procyonoides
Crab-eating Fox - Cerdocyon thous
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Other Names: Vulpes,
Fox in Foreign Languages:
Afrikaans: vos jakkals
Albanian: dhelpër / dhelpra
Ancient Greek: alopex / alopos
Armenian: agves
Asturian: raposu
Azeri: tülkü
Bashkir: tölkö
Basque: azeri
Belarusian: lisá
Breton: louarn / louarned
Bulgarian: lisíca
Catalan: guineu / guilla / rabosa
Chamicuro: tus¨huli
Cherokee: tsula
Choctaw: chula
Cornish: lowarn
Cree: mahkesiis
Creek: culv
Czech: liška
Dalmatian: bualp
Danish: ræv
Dutch: vos
Esperanto: vulpo
Estonian: rebane
Faroese: revur
Finnish: kettu
French: renard / goupil
Friulian: bolp / volp
Galician: raposo / golpe
Georgian: mela / melia
German: Fuchs
Middle High German: vuhs / vuohs
Middle Low German: vos / vohe /
vo
Gothic: faúho
Greek: alepoú
Hebrew: šu‘al
Hopi: leetayo
Hungarian: róka
Icelandic: refur / tófa
Indonesian: rubah
Inuktitut: tiriganniaq
Irish: sionnach / madra rua
Italian: volpe
Japanese: kitsune / katakana /
fokkusu
Korean: yeou
Lakota: tokalu / šungila
Lao: cikcöök
Latin: vulpes
Latvian: lapsa
Lithuanian: lape / lapinas
Lower Sorbian: liška
Luxembourg: Fochs / Fuuss
Macedonian: lisica
Malay: rubah
Maltese: volpi
Mandarin: húlí
Manx: shynnagh
Middle Dutch: vos
Middle English: foxe
Mohawk: tsitsho
Navajo: ma'ii litsooí
Norwegian: rev / mandra / rainal
/ guèine
Old Armenian: alues
Old English: fox
Old High German: fuhs
Old Norse: fóa
Persian: rubâh
Polish: lis
Portuguese: raposa / raposa-vermelha
Romanian: vulpe
Russian: lisá / lisíca / lis
Sardinian: mrexani / fraitzu /
liori / grupi
Scottish Gaelic: sionnach
Roman: lìsica / lísac
Sicilian: vurpi
Slovakian: líška
Slovenian: lisica / lisjak
Spanish: zorro / , zorra
Swahili: mbweha mwekundu / thalabu
Swedish: räv
Tagalog: alamid
Tajik: ruboh
Tamil: nari
Taos: tùxwána
Telugu: nakka
Thai: jîngjòk
Turkish: tilki
Turkmen: tilki
Ukrainian: lys / lysýcja
Upper Sorbian: liška
Uzbek: tulki
Vietnamese: cáo
Welsh: cadno/ llwynog
West Frisian: foks
Yiddish: fuks / fukss / fuksn /
fukssn
Yucatec: ohc
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Size: In the average fox species, the male foxes
weigh around 13 lbs, while female foxes weigh 11.5 lbs.
The smallest species of fox is the Fennec Fox weigh
between 1.5-3.5 lbs, and measuring 9-16 inches long.
Habitat: Fox are highly adaptable. The fox
is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They have
also been introduced successfully to many areas of Australia.
Suprisingly there are more fox habitats in cities, than
anywhere else. Fox live in the plains, mountains, the
desert, urban and suburban areas.
Description: Fox are small, slender mammals
with pointy noses, they have red, brown, black, silver
or grey coats. Fox have large erect ears and bushy tails.
Behavior: Fox are nocturnal mammals. Fox live
in burrows, or dens. They line their dens with leaves
and grass.
Diet: Fox eat invertebrates, rodents, rabbits,
and other small mammals such as amphibians, snakes fish,
birds, eggs, beetles and insects. Fox will bury their
food, to consume at a later time.
Gestation: The gestation period for fox varies
by species.
Birth: Fox give birth to litters of 4-10 kits.
A typical litter consists of 4-5 pups. The male assists
in caring for the young by, bringing food to the vixen.
Fox are born both deaf and blind when they are born.
Approximately 20% of fox pups will die before they are
one month old.
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Life Span: Foxes can live up to 10 years,
in the wild but the average life span is only
2-4 years in the wild, due to the dangers it encounters.
Wolves, lynxes, bobcats, cougars and coyotes are
predators of fox. In captivity fox can live up
to 20 years.
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Did You Know?
Fox do not bark like other canines.
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Social Structure: Fox typically live in small
family groups.
Fox Terminology: A male fox is referred to as
a tod or dog. A female fox is referred to as a vixen.
Fox young are called kits, kites, cubs, or pups. A group
of foxes is called a skulk.
Athleticism: A fox can run of up to speeds of
about 23 mph for short periods of time.
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