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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

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Red FoxRed foxes are curious animals, indicating intelligence.
Appearance: small dog-like animal, adult weight is 8-14 pounds; total length is 3-4 feet (12-17 inches of which is tail); body is reddish yellow; feet, legs ears and nose pad are black; terminal 4-5 inches of tail are black tipped with white; it has 42 teeth; eyes are yellow with elliptical pupils

Reproduction: breed in late winter or early spring, 53 days gestation, 2-10 per litter, both male and female raise the young, weaned at 2 months

Food habits: small mammals such as rats, mice, and rabbits, insects, wild birds, young livestock (as carrion), fruits, berries, grasshoppers, snakes

Habits: keen sense of sight, hearing and smell; shy, easily startled; great endurance (can run for miles); playful; they do not chew food, rather tear pieces off and swallow whole; bury their left over food; mark their territory through urination

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Distribution: throughout Louisiana, except extreme southeast parishes; ranges from northern Canada and Alaska to the southern U.S., except Arizona, southern Texas, e xtreme SE Atlantic coast, the GreatBasin, the Great Plains, and coastal western Canada

Habitat: mixed wooded areas with ungrazed pastures, ricefields, canefields, and chenier of the SW coastal marshes; makes a den in stream banks or gullies

Controls: vulnerable to diseases such as parvo and mange (which is caused by mites)

Values: contribute to the overall health of prey species by keeping the species controlled; they are vulnerable to rabies, which can then infect pets & men


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Range map credits: Data provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Bruce Patterson, Wes Sechrest, Marcelo Tognelli, Gerardo Ceballos, The Nature Conservancy—Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International—CABS, World Wildlife Fund—US, and Environment Canada—WILDSPACE.

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  • Council
    • Louisiana Fur Council Meeting Schedule
    • Louisiana Fur Council Members
    • Louisiana Fur Annual Reports
  • Industry
    • Louisiana Trapping Regulations
    • Shipping Louisiana Furs
    • Louisiana Fur Dealers
    • Tanning/Manufacturing
  • Trapper Education
    • Trapping Courses & Resources
    • Louisiana Fur & Pelt Handling
    • Nutria Grading
    • Skull Cleaning
    • Trapping Benefits
    • Nutria Meat and Recipes
  • Outreach Education
    • Community Outreach
    • Louisiana Furbearers >
      • Beaver
      • Bobcat
      • Coyote
      • Gray Fox
      • Red Fox
      • Mink
      • Muskrat
      • Nutria
      • Opossum
      • Otter
      • Raccoon
      • Striped Skunk