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GRAY FOX
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Urocyon cinereoargenteus ...
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Gray fox - UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria)
Order: Meat-eating Mammals (Carnivora)
Family: Canidae.
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Gray Fox
(Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
RANGE: Throughout eastern and southern U.S., California.
STATUS: Not a sensitive species ...
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Gray Fox Behaviour
No observations regarding Gray Fox behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Gray Foxes ...
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Gray fox inhabit the woodlands from southeastern to northwestern Minnesota, but are uncommon in the southwestern farmlands and the northeastern forests.
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The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) occurs across most of the United States and ranges south through Mexico. Foxes are considered to be of the wild dog family and are extremely variable in their habitat preferences.
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The Gray Fox is smaller in size than the Coyote -- usually 32 to 45 inches long, and weighs 7 to 11 pounds. Its coloration is grizzled gray on top, with a white throat extending underneath; it is rusty-red along the sides.
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The Gray Fox is found in (but not necessarily limited to) the United States of America. It has a simple stomach, as all Carnivora's do. Carnivora's in general are distributed world-wide.
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Diet The gray fox is a solitary hunter and eats a wide-variety of foods. A large part of its diet is made up of small mammals like mice, voles and eastern cottontail rabbits.
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Gray Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Description: Salt and pepper gray, shading to buffy underneath. Gray face and white throat. Bushy tail with median black stripe.
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Gray FoxBecause the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) frequently has quite a lot of red hair, it may be confused with the red fox, and is sometimes referred to as a "red-sided gray".
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Gray foxes mate in January, and three to five pups are born during March through April. The gray fox uses a ground den less frequently than does the red fox, and may often use a hollow tree or log, or a burrow hidden in rock outcroppings.
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Gray foxes are the only canine tree-climbers, and it is remarkable to see one in the branches of a tree, more graceful than a domestic cat. When gray foxes are 6-8 months old they typically begin to look for their own territories.
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Gray foxes usually den in crevices in the rocks, in underground burrows, under rocks, in hollow logs, or in hollow trees. In eastern Texas, one was found denning about 10 m above the ground in a large hollow oak.
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Common Gray FoxUrocyon cinereoargenteus Although it is a member of the dog family, the Common Gray Fox is a good tree climber and often hides in trees.
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Gray FoxMost experts say the gray fox, Urocyon Cinereoargenteus, is the only fox that is very good at climbing trees. Because of its astounding tree-climbing abilities, it is sometimes also called the "tree fox.
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Gray foxes are adept at climbing trees. They are active at night and during twilight, sleeping during the day in dense vegetation or secluded rocky places.
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Gray Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous Bangs
Photo courtesy of Dave Schaffer,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Images Library ...
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Gray foxes are forest dwellers, and together with the closely related island foxes they are the only canids able to climb trees. They hunt squirrels, mice, and birds, and sometimes forage for berries. More Videos redOrbit Friends ...
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Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus fraterculus Raccoons and Allies Family Procyonidae Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti ...
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Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Â- Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) Â- Cozumel Fox (Urocyon sp) Basal Caninae Otocyon ...
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The Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, are found in densely wooded areas through the state except for the Keys. It is silver gray with reddish sides and a white underside.
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The gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, is a New World species; it is the only fox that sometimes climbs trees. Found from the N United States to N South America, this fox is slightly larger, on the average, than the North American red fox.
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The gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, is a little smaller than the red fox, and its coat of coarse, pepper-and-salt gray hair is of far less commercial value.
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Island Gray Fox
(Urocyon littoralis)
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The Island Gray Fox is a small greyish-white and black with cinnamon underfur on the back. The underside is white, yellow, and rusty-brown. The yes nose and mouth are lined with black.
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The gray fox is a little smaller than the red fox, and its coat of coarse, pepper-and-salt gray hair is of far less commercial value. It ranges from southern Canada to northern South America and inhabits mostly forests and arid bush country.
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Compared with the gray fox, island foxes are relatively diurnal (active during the day). They communicate with one another through sight, sound, and smell.
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eastern gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteneus cinereoargenteneus) eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis humulis) eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis virginianus) eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus aquaticus) ...
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Gray wolves (a.k.a. timber wolves and eastern timber wolves) are the largest member of the Canid family ( wild dogs), which also includes coyotes, and red and gray foxes. The sub-species found in Michigan is Canis lupus lycaon.
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Sharing this area with the Gray Fox and Coyote, the Red Fox is no less adept at sustaining itself amidst human activity. Yet its ideal habitat is an area of dense timber, located within or near a pasture or other farmland.
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The thick, underfur is overlaid with black and a black tipped white hairs about 3 in. long . The natural all black pelts are rare and expensive. The gray fox is found over most of United States and from Mexico to North South America .
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Some of their cat-like characteristics include: vertical slit eyes, partially retractable claws, light body weight, and a stalking and pouncing style of hunting. Foxes are even good tree climbers, especially the gray fox.
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Additionally, it is argued that the resurgence of other small predators such as the gray fox (urocyon cinereoargenteus), fisher or pekan (martes pennanti), coyote (canis latrans), ...
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 See also: Coyote, Fox, Wolf, Red Fox, Bear
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