adult red fox | red, cross, silver | January to March | 1 fox per 4 square km | | carnivorous | Order Carnivora | high-pitched bark | red fox | 10 months | modified groundhog burrow | most of Canada except the high arctic | Vulpes vulpes | 3.6-6.8 kg | moles, shrews, groundhogs, squirrels, mice, muskrats, cottontail rabbits, snowshoe hares, birds, crayfish, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, acorns, grasses, corn, berries, fruit, snakes, fish, frogs | | | night | renard roux | thick tail | shy, nervous | 3.6-8 square km | | | semi-open country such as agricultural areas, lakeshores, river valleys, clearings in the forest, alpine and arctic tundra | Family Canidae |
adult female red fox | red, cross, silver | January to March | 1 fox per 4 square km | live babies | carnivorous | Order Carnivora | high-pitched bark | female mammal | 10 months | modified groundhog burrow | most of Canada except the high arctic | Vulpes vulpes | 3.6-6.8 kg | moles, shrews, groundhogs, squirrels, mice, muskrats, cottontail rabbits, snowshoe hares, birds, crayfish, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, acorns, grasses, corn, berries, fruit, snakes, fish, frogs | March, April or May | 51-53 days | night | renard roux | 8 mammae | shy, nervous | 3.6-8 square km | | babies | semi-open country such as agricultural areas, lakeshores, river valleys, clearings in the forest, alpine and arctic tundra | Family Canidae |