ETYM AS. fox.
1. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs.
2. The gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox.
One of the smaller species of wild dog of the family Canidae, which live in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Foxes feed on a wide range of animals from worms to rabbits, scavenge for food, and also eat berries. They are very adaptable, maintaining high populations close to urban areas.
Most foxes are nocturnal, and make an underground den, or “earth”. The common or red fox Vulpes vulpes is about 60 cm/2 ft long plus a tail (“brush”) 40 cm/1.3 ft long. The fur is reddish with black patches behind the ears and a light tip to the tail. Other foxes include the Arctic fox Alopex lagopus, the fennec, the gray foxes genus Urocyon of North and Central America, and the South American genus Dusicyon, to which the extinct Falkland Islands dog belonged. + prikaži više

1. New World fox; often considered the same species las the Old World fox; SYN. Vulpes fulva.
2. The common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species; SYN. Vulpes vulpes.
3. Weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers; SYN. Celosia argentea.