What is the swift fox taxonomy?

Answer 1

The swift fox has 2 coats of fur. In the winter, the swift fox grows whiter fur to camouflage in the snow covered ground so that they aren't too visible for its predators. During the warmer days when there isn't any snow, they shed their white fur, and grow browner fur which can blend in with crops around them.

Answer 2

Taxonomy of the swift fox:

Domain - Eukaryota

Kingdom - Animalia

Phylum - Vertebrata

Class - Mammalia

Order - Carnivora

Family - Canidae

Sub-family - Caninae

Genus - Vulpes

Species - velox

Answer 3

The swift fox occupies a different niches in its environment such as relying on the open, rolling short and mixed-grass prairies on which buffalo range, prairie dog burrows, and the prairie dogs and ground squirrels on which they feed. After the near extinction of the bison, the grasses grew tall and the little swift fox was unable to scan for predators. Mass poisoning of prairie dog towns to make way for agriculture eliminated the swift fox's main prey of prairie dogs and ground squirrels. Most devastating was the loss of prairie dog burrows used by the swift fox for their whelping dens and escape from predators. Without the safety of the burrows, the swift fox became easy prey for coyotes and golden eagles.