Scientific Name: Vulpes vulpes

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Diet:  Omnivores: Small mammals, many invertebrates, and birds, as well as fruit, carrion and scavenged items.

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Habitat:  Wide range including forest, tundra, prairie, desert, mountains, farmlands, and urban areas. They prefer mixed vegetation communities, such as edge habitats and mixed scrub and woodland.

 

Fun Fact: Red foxes may leave bones and other objects around the den as toys for their young (kits).

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