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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 do you call a female and male fox?

A female is called a vixen and a baby is call a kit, cub, or pup. By the way, a male fox is called a dog.

How do you get the spray from a fox off your dog?

Foxes do not spray, but use a strong shampoo to get whatever the smell is off.

Is the desert fox stronger than an arctic fox?

The desert fox (fennec fox) is a very small animal and would be no match for the much larger arctic fox. They would never meet for such an encounter in nature. The arctic fox is found north of the Arctic Circle and lives in the tundra while the fennec lives in the Sahara.

Do you know any other species of foxes than red and gray foxes?

Fennec Fox

Arctic Fox

Culpeo Fox

Kit Fox

Cape Fox

Island Fox

Corsac Fox

Bat Eared Fox

There are many more.

Will a fox attack a dog?

Maybe, if the dog is a similar size or smaller than the fox. Not so likely if the dog is much bigger than the fox.
Maybe, if the dog is a similar size or smaller than the fox. Not so likely if the dog is much bigger than the fox.

What is the head fox called?

Foxes do not usually travel in packs, but form small family units. A female fox is known as a vixen, while a male fox is known as a reynard or tod.

How do you save a sick fox?

By not cutting down trees or forest and taking away their habitat.

What do Antarctic foxes eat?

No such thing. No mammals live in Antarctica. The Artic fox eats small animals- birds, rabbits, etc.

What is the mode of nutrition of the fox?

The fox generally uses the scoff method of eating.

Why do arctic animals turn white?

They don't just turn their fur white to blend in with the environment it's a mutation that causes the fur to change colour. At first only one animal has the mutation, but because it's blending with it's environmental factors it's surviving longer than others that aren't that colour it has a greater chance of breeding, so the mutation is passed on until there are many this colour. The process is called natural selection

Why does a fox lose its hair?

The fox sheds its fur in the late spring in preparation for the warmer summer weather. They will grow a new fur coat in the fall in preparation for winter.

What is another name for a baby fox?

Baby foxes are called kits, pups or cubs.

What are the 20 different types of foxes?

There are 12 species of true foxes (volpes) and a number of other similar animals similar to the true foxes. Click on this link for a list.

How do you write an essay on why zoos shouldn't be banned?

You write include reasons on why they shouldnt be banned. EG you

· Couldn't learn about animals of the world.

What do you use for a fox - he or she?

Fox is gender neutral. Male foxes are known as dogs, tods or reynards, females as vixens, and young as cubs, pups, or kits.

Do foxes eat ferrets?

Foxes primarily eat prairie dogs.

How does a kit fox get water?

They may not require a source of drinking water. Sustains itself on moisture derived from prey.

Is a fox from the dog family?

Well kind of, dogs and foxes are in the same family, but it's not just one or the other, it's the canidae family

Where does the fox live?

The arctic fox's habitat is the arctic tundra; in burrows in the ground

How does a fox grow and develop?

a fox grows up to and adult in about 5-6 months, and the development that they go through is they start out as big as maybe a cat but then when they grow up...the females grow to be as big as a toddler and the males grow to be as big as a 3 year old.

What is a baby fox called called?

A baby fox is called a kit
A baby fox is called a kit
A young fox is called a kit, cub or pup. Kit is the singular form. Pup is common in North American English.
A young fox is called, in proper terms, a kit. However, those who know little about the fox often call them cubs or puppies, which is incorrect.
A young fox is called, in proper terms, a kit. However, those who know little about the fox often call them cubs or puppies, which is incorrect.
Fox babies are most commonly called "kits," though they have also been referred to as pups or cubs depending on the vernacular of a particular area.

How do foxes protect themselves from weather?

Foxes have thick fur that helps keep them warm. They also have burrows for shelter from bad weather.