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Foxes
Members of the genus Vulpes with 12 species, foxes utilize a wide range of habitats, including forest, tundra, prairie, desert, mountains, farmlands, and urban areas. Omnivores with a preference for mice and rabbits, these animals help control the rodent population.
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What are some adaptations of the Arctic Fox?
The Arctic fox's fur can be gray/blue or white in the winter so that it blends into the landscape. Its coat then changes from gray/blue to a charcoal color and from white to a brown color as summer begins. This is so that they are still camouflaged when the snow melts. They need to be camouflaged so prey and predators cannot see them as well.
It has the warmest fur of any mammal which is even warmer than the polar bear. Their fur is also oily, which helps to trap in some of the heat and waterproof the fox.
Arctic foxes also have a compact body with short legs, short ears, dense fur, and thickly haired foot pads. Therefore the less surface area is exposed to the cold, less heat escapes the body. These not only help to insulate against the cold, but provide grip on the ice as well.
They also have a good supply of body fat to keep them warm. Their short ears prevent body heat loss so they can stay warm.
They have a long, thick, bushy tail so that when they curl up to go to sleep they can cover their face with it, to keep them warm.
The Arctic Fox has such a keen sense of hearing that it can locate the exact position of prey under the snow, before using its front paws to punch through the snow and catch it.
In the coldest parts of the arctic, some foxes have adapted to following polar bears to feed off the scraps they leave behind when they are hunting.
What would happen if the Arctic foxes became extinct?
It would screw up the ecoystem. Usually if any animal disaperes it affects the whole food chain. If the acrtic fox preys on a certain species, and the fox disaperes then suddently there is nothing hunting the smaller prey so they will over populate. And if something hunts the acrtic fox than they would have no more to hunt. So it is important to protect all animals :)
I've seen many red foxes in van buren ar, so i guess they do.
Is it illegal to have a fox for a pet?
According to DEFRA, for the canines of the following genera, you do not need any kind of license to own one as a pet in the UK
Alopex - Arctic Fox,
Cerdocyon - Crab-Eating Fox,
Otocyon - Bat-Eared Fox,
Psuedolopex - Argentine Grey Fox,
Urocyon - Island Fox,
Vulpes - Red Fox.
You would therefore need a license for species like the Kit Fox, or the Fennec.
How does a Arctic fox get water and oxygen?
they get the water from their mouth and they get their oxygen from breathing through their lungs.
Why do foxes get white coats in the Arctic?
So that it can blend in with the snow and hunt down its prey without being seen. so he cant be seen in the snow?
How were foxes introduced in Australia?
Foxes were introduced into Australia initially for the purpose of recreational fox-hunting. Australia's roots were British, a country where fox-hunting had been carried out for hundreds of years, but the only "sport" that hunters had was dingoes and kangaroos. Bringing foxes to the new country enabled them to still indulge their sport of fox-hunting.
The European red fox was first released in the Geelong area near Melbourne in 1845. More were introduced after 1845 as a method for controlling the introduced hare problem. It was given time to breed, which it did prolifically with no natural predators on the continent, and fox-hunting started within a couple of decades.
How long do Arctic foxes drink water?
They break open ice with their sharp claws and lick the water out of the water :)
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Up until less than a decade ago, the red fox had not been introduced into Tasmania. However, since it was introduced in 2002, it has spread quickly, causing a potential environmental disaster in that fragile island state of Australia. Although a task force was set up to try to contain the problem there is still evidence that foxes remain a problem in Tasmania.
See the related link below for more information on the presence of foxes in Tasmania, and current eradication efforts.
Yes an Arctic fox is a mammal it has fur and feeds milk to its babies,Just like all other foxes. yes arctic foxes are mammals ..
They can run up to 30 miles per hour, but the average Arctic Fox runs about 20 miles per hour.
Is there such thing as metal tails?
there is a metal knuckles but only in one game and its sonic r and the closest thing
to a metal tails is the tails doll
What can you do in the spring?
- Plant flowers or a vegetable garden
- Play outside
- Go camping
- Eat meals outside
- Go to the pond and feed the ducks
- Fly a kite
- Get healthy! Go hiking or walking
- Take pictures of nature
- Start your "Spring Cleaning"... It's never soon enough!
- Visit the Zoo
- Set up a blanket and read a book on the grass
- Visit a nearby Farmer's Market
The game is called "What's the Time Mr. Wolf".
It involves one person acting as "Mr Wolf". They have to stay at the other side of the room - and when the other players ask "What's the time, Mr.Wolf?" he/she has to reply with a time - e.g. six o'clock. The players then have to take six steps closer to Mr.Wolf. Eventually, the players will ask the question, and Mr.Wolf will have to answer with "Dinner Time!" in which Mr.Wolf has to try and catch one of the other players. If he catches one, they become the wolf. If he doesn't, he plays again.
What is the African word for fox?
"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.
If you have any quesitons about African languages, you will have to specify the language.
The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:
Afrikaans
Amharic
Arabic
English
French
Fula
Hausa
Igbo
Oroma
Somali
Swahili
Yoruba
Zulu
Tails is a boy. His full name is Miles "Tails" Prower. Tails is just his nickname since he can fly with his two tails.
Who plays ginger fox in you fix a pop star of iCarly?
Betsy Rue is the actress that plays Ginger Fox on iCarly.
no maybe anomalous. If you think about it what is the strategic advantage of having nine tails. You get some caught. You don't often see foxes climbing in trees.If they did i suppose this would be advantage but as far as i know foxes are not monkey like.There may be exception to a few foreign foxes but they still do not have nine tails.
