The Swift Fox is North America's version of the long eared fox. This fox also called "Prarie Fox" roams the central plains and badlands of the United States. At one time, though, he inhabited all of the grasslands of the US and Canada.
The Swift Fox grows to about 49 cenimeters (20 in.) with a tail of about 30 cm (12 in.). This fox eats mostly rabbits, rodents, birds, and insects. This small fox is both intelligent and voracious, a combination that often proves deadly to the creatures it stalks. These foxes form perminant mating pairs and often hunt together for their family.
A subspecies, the San Joaquin Kit Fox Vulpes velox mutica, is listed as an endangered species and lives in central California and is part of several programs to replentish their numbers.
This denotes one of my favorite images.
| File Name | File Size (Kilobytes) | Description |
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| kitfox1.jpg | 91 KB | A Kit Fox curled up to sleep. |
| kitfox2.jpg | 61 KB | Kit Fox trying to look alert in the dark. |
| CapeFox.jpg |
110 KB | Very cute Cape Fox. You'll love this one. |
Note: There is some debate amongst taxonomists as to whether the kit fox and the swift fox are indeed the same species. This is unresolved, to my knowledge, and still they are considered unified.
Also, for anyone who cares, that is rabbits AND rodents. Rabbits are not part of the order Rodentia as they have different tooth structure and have been shown to have different skeletal structure than other rodents.
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