Red fox Vulpes vulpes

Features

Red fox is a very adaptable animal as it inhabits different habitats. The fox is the main carrier of sylvatic rabies, but it is very useful in the forest, as it removes sick and dead animals. She lives like a loner in a trench, a fox she digs for herself. Although persecuted, it is common due to its flexibility.

Species	Mammal
Living space	Bright forest, Clean or mixed forest, Conifer forest, Dark forest, Deciduous forest, Mixed forest
Size	60-90 cm
Weight	up to 10 kg

Specialty habitat

Description

Red fox has an elongated slender body and very flexible pointed ears on his head and a narrow pointed nose with sparse long hair. The tail is long and bushy, white at the end. The coat is reddish-brown (the colors, the neck and abdomen are white, and the lower part of the legs and the ends of the ears are dark). The body is 60 to 90 cm long, the tail 35 to 50 cm; adult males weigh up to 10 kg. It lives in forested areas, rarely in the mountains. It very often stays near human settlements, even near large cities. It is very skilful and fast. It walks around mainly at night and hunts prey, looking for rubbish and carrion. It feeds on everything it can catch, from small mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, carrion, strawberries ... It lives individually, rarely in a small group, in the ground in a den, to which it digs several exits. It mates once or twice a year, usually in winter. Pregnancy lasts 52 days, in the spring it gives birth to 4 to 8 pups (maximum 12), which become independent after about four months.