A micro blog about one animal
44 field guides on fox species, behaviour, tracks and sounds. No folklore, no filler — each article opens with a direct answer and closes with the sources behind it.
There are twelve true foxes in the genus Vulpes, from the 1 kg fennec to the 8 kg red fox. Several animals carry the name without belonging to that genus — the grey fox, the island fox, the bat-eared fox and South America's zorros are separate lineages. Most fox species are Least Concern, but a handful are in real trouble for very local reasons.
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A group of foxes is a skulk or a leash — and a family group is properly a 'troop'. Where the words come from, and why you so rarely see one.
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White tail tip, black ear backs, black stockings and a low slung body. How to recognise a fox at a glance and tell it from a dog, cat or coyote.
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Foxes are socially monogamous within a season and often re-pair year after year — but DNA studies show cubs in one litter can have more than one father.
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Foxes are canines — same family as dogs and wolves — but a separate branch that split 10–12 million years ago. Why they behave so much like cats.
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Foxes live on every continent except Antarctica, in tundra, desert, forest, farmland and city centre. What a fox actually needs from a habitat.
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Foxes come for food and shelter. Remove both and they move on. What actually deters a fox, what wastes money, and why culling backfires.
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