Gray Fox

Gray Fox!!!! 

 

• The common name is Gray fox
• The scientific class mammalia
• Scientific Genus Urocyon
• The species is U. Cinereoagenteus 

 

Biome

 

• The Gray Fox is found in Ontario, Canada,thoughout the central and south western U.S. and down to Venezuela, it also lives in the chaparal of California and Mexico
• The biome they live in is, woodlands, rocky or bushy areas

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  Adaptation

 

•   The Gray fox has hooked claws to climb trees to get away from it's predators like the domestic dog and coyote
•   For the Gray fox's defense it has sharp claws and teeth and will back up slowly like a house cat

 

Diet

 

• The Gray fox eats a wide variety of food mostly made up of small mammals like the eastern cottontail rabbit, mice, voles, it also eats birds, insects and plants
• In autumn and summer the grasshopper and cricket are an important part of it's diet

 

Life Cycle

 

• The mating season for the Gray Fox is January through April
• The female gives birth from one to seven pups, 57 days after mating
• At 3 months pups are weaned and at 4 months they are able to hunt on their own        
• The pups leave their mother in the Autumn
• The same male and female usually mate together every year

 

 

Behavior

 

• The Gray Fox can climb and will forage for food and rest in a trees
• There dens are usually used when raising young and during the mating season
• The Gray Fox and most foxes are silent animals but the pups make small barks and screams to locate other foxes or it's mate 

 

Fun Facts

•  The Gray Fox can reach the speed of 28 mph for a short time
• The Gray Fox live up to 10 years
• Unlike wolves the foxes do not howl