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Physical DescriptionThe gray fox is peppery gray on top, reddish brown on its sides and its chest and the back of its head. It’s legs and feet are a reddish color. The gray fox has a long bushy tail with a black stripe on top. The gray fox has pointed ears, a pointed muzzle, and long hooked claws.Diet and Feeding HabitsThe gray fox eats a lot of different kinds of food. Part of its diet is made up of small mammals like mice, voles, and cottontail rabbits. Foxes also eat birds, insects, and plants like corn, apples, berries, nuts, and grass.ReproductionMating season is between January and April. Around 53 days after mating, the female gives birth to about seven pups. The pups are able to hunt when they are four months old. They pups leave their mother in the Fall.HabitatThe gray fo lives in many different habitats. One of its habitats is the decidiuous forest which have evergreen trees and deciduous trees. The gray fox mostly live in climates which have four different seasons and the temperature changes year round like Maine . Gray fox mostly live on edges of cities or farmland.Role in the EcosystemThe gray fox is an omnivore it eats meat and plants. The gray fox spends most of the day in underground burrows that are abandoned dens of other species. At night they hunt small mammals and birds. Gray fox will seek shelter in their burrows or climb trees, and wait for danger to pass. They have a cat like ability to climb trees. They have strong hooked claws that enable them to climb trees. The predators of the gray fox are mountain lions, gold eagles, and sometimes dogs.Interesting Facts Gray fox will climb trees to escape their predators, they also climb trees because they seem to like it. Sometimes gray foxes climb trees to take a nap. They have also been known to hide in hawk or owl nests. Bibliographyhttp://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=18http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/food/%20web http://www.mcssb.org/sbpanda/gray_fox.html http://www.enviroment.emory.edu/ecology/forests.shtml http://www.nationaltrappers.com/grayfox.html http://www.nationaltrappers.com/grayfox.html |
Gray Fox