Secondary Name(s): N/A

Mutational Names: Black Fox, Brant Fox, Cross Fox, Samson Fox, Silver Fox

Scientific Name: Vulpes vulpes (European) Vulpes fulva (North American)

Status: Hunted for "sport" and fur, however they are in no extinction danger

Lifespan: Up to 14 years

Mating: Winter season

Gestation Period: 51 Days

Number of kits per litter: 1-10

Litters per year: 1

Size: 90-105cm

Weight: about 7 kg

Food: Insects, mice, voles, rabbits, birds, small animals, and fruit

Notes: Red foxes are widely held symbols of animal cunning and are the subject of a considerable amount of folklore. Red foxes are hunted by man, on of their few enemies, for sport and fur. Fox pelts especially those of silver foxes, are commonly produced commercially on fox farms. (See the caged silver fox Freedom an escapee from a fur farm and residing at Brunker Nature Center in Ohio.)