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COMMON GRAY FOX FACTS
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Description
The Common Gray Fox is a small dog with a bushy tail. It has grizzled upperparts, buff neck and black-tipped tail. Males are slightly larger than females.
Other Names
Zorra
Size
Length 0.8m - 1.1m. Tail length 28cm - 44cm. Weight is 3 - 7 kg.
Environment
deciduous forest, grassland
Food
small mammals such as rabbits and mice, birds, fruit
Breeding
Litter size is on average 3 or 4, but can be up to seven. Pups are born after gestation period of about 53 days. Pups start to hunt with their parents at about 3 months, and can hunt on their own at 4 months.
Range
southern Canada to northern Venezuela and Colombia.
Notes
Gray foxes are the only dogs that can climb trees. They have strong, hooked claws to help them climb trees to forage for food or escape predators. They make their den in hollow trees or old woodchuck burrows.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Carnivora | | Family: | Canidae | | Genus: | Urocyon | | Species: | cinereoargenteus | | Common Name: | Common Gray Fox |
Relatives in same Genus
Island Gray Fox (U. littoralis)
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