Swift Fox

Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) No photo of the Swift Fox available. The Swift Fox is from the order Carnivora. The Carnivora (or carnivores) are meat eating mammals.

Swift Fox Vulpes Velox Swift foxes have dark grayish tan coloration extending to a yellow-tan color across their sides and legs. The throat, chest and belly are pale yellow to white.

Swift Foxes are primarily nocturnal, so are not readily observed. They are solitary except during the breeding season.

Swift foxes live alone or in not strictly monogamous pairs. Breeding occurs in early spring, resulting in a litter of 4-5 pups born in an underground den after a gestation period of about 60 days.

Swift foxes breed from December to February. The gestation period is approximately 51 days. Litter sizes average from 4 to 5 kits who begin dispersing in September.

The Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) has sometimes been described as the ghost of the short-grass prairies. It is a rare and declining species over most of its range and it is apparently seldom observed and even more seldom photographed.

Swift foxes live in grassland habitats, where they dig dens or use old badger burrows to hang out in during the day. Their dens protect them from predators and bad weather, and give them a place to raise their kits (babies).

Swift Fox Vulpes velox velox (Say) Description: The swift fox is the smallest member of the family Canidae in Kansas, and in general form it looks like a miniature coyote. It can be distinguished from other members of its family by: 1) white to pale ...

Swift foxes are primarily nocturnal, but can sometimes be seen sunning themselves near the entrance to a den. They live on prairie grasslands just east of the Rocky Mountains.

Swift foxes are relatively unafraid of man and are far less cunning than most other foxes. They are so unsuspicious that they are easily trapped, and even more easily poisoned.

Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) 2 images The Swift Fox is light grey with orange-tan coloring on the sides and legs. The throat, chest and underside is creamy white. The bushy tail has a black tip. The snout has black markings on either side. Read more ...

The swift fox is a shy, fast-running, nocturnal animal that lives in the Great Plains of southern Canada and the northern United States. Only about two-thirds the size of the red fox, the swift fox is also called a kit fox.

The kit and swift foxes (V. velox and V. macrotis, respectively) are small, swift, pale gray or yellowish foxes, found on the deserts and plains of the W United States and N Mexico.

Fabulous Foxes: Foxes belong to the canid family and include such species as red fox, kit fox, swift fox, fennec fox, arctic fox and gray fox, just to name a few.

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Â- Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Â- Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis) Â- Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac) Â- Cape Fox (Vulpes chama) Â- Pale Fox (Vulpes pallida) Â- Bengal Fox (Vulpes bengalensis) Â- Tibetan Fox (Vulpes ferrilata) Â- Blanford's ...

The Kit Fox can run as fast as 25 miles per hour for short distances, and is sometimes called the Swift Fox.

Closest relative The swift fox (Vulpes velox) was recently recognised as a separate species from the kit fox. It has a more easterly distribution in North America.

Classified as "Vulpes vulpes" Similar species: Coyote, Swift Fox, Kit Fox, Gray Fox, Arctic Fox GENERAL INFORMATION ...

They are an important prey species, being the primary diet in prairie species such as the Black-footed Ferret, the Swift Fox, the Golden Eagle, the Badger, and the Ferruginous Hawk.

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See also: Swift, Coyote, Red Fox, Wolf, Gray Fox