OuiSi Nature card 73: Red Fox Vixen. Photograph by Melissa Groo The whole photograph behind card 73: Red Fox Vixen. Photograph by Melissa Groo

OuiSi Nature · Card 73

Red Fox Vixen

Vulpes vulpes

Location
Nome, AK, USA
Date
June 25, 2016
Photograph byMelissa Groo

Description

Sleek and long-legged, this bright red fox vixen is able of jumping over 2 meters high. Red is the most common color, but several color phases (red, cross, silver and black) can occur in one litter. Black and silver foxes appear to be more common toward Alaska's north and northwest, yet even there they make up less than two percent. Voles seem to be the red fox's preferred food.

Melissa Groo

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Melissa Groo

Wildlife conservation photographer, writer, educator, and wildlife warrior.

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OuiSi Nature card 73: Red Fox Vixen. Photograph by Melissa Groo The whole photograph behind card 73: Red Fox Vixen. Photograph by Melissa Groo

Red Fox Vixen

Photograph by Melissa Groo