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The sly ol ’ Fox

The sly ol ’ Fox. What am I ?. Scientific Name Vulpes Vulpes. KINGDOM: ANIMALIA PHYLUM: CHORDATA Class: MAMMALIA ORDER: CARNIVORA FAMILY: CANIDAE. How do I look. Physical Feature Red Coat White Belly

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The sly ol ’ Fox

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  1. The sly ol’ Fox

  2. What am I ? • Scientific Name • VulpesVulpes KINGDOM: ANIMALIA PHYLUM: CHORDATA Class: MAMMALIA ORDER: CARNIVORA FAMILY: CANIDAE

  3. How do I look • Physical Feature • Red Coat • White Belly • Black Ear Tips, Legs, and Feet

  4. Size and weight • 15 - 16 in. tall • 3 ft. long • 13 in. tail • 8 - 15 lbs.

  5. Behavior More about the fox • Nocturnal • Kills a lot • Not for fun • Kills for eats then saves the rest for left-over's • Fast

  6. Life Expectancy • In captivity • 14 years • In the Wild • 3 years

  7. Red Fox in America • Where They Live

  8. Homeless • Sleeps where it can • Curls up into a ball • Uses tail to keep warm • Females live in dens only when breading

  9. DIET • Omnivores • Animals • Birds and Small Mammals • Fruits • Berries mostly • Other • Nuts and Bugs

  10. Enemies • Young Fox • Birds of Prey • Adult Fox • Coyotes and Hunters

  11. Starting A Family • Getting Things Stared • Mate from Jan. - March • The female creates many dens • Just in case on gets destroyed • 1 – 10 kits

  12. All Together • Family • Father gathers food • Mother watches kits • A sorrowful good-bye • After 7 months, the kits leave the parents

  13. WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? • According to popular belief • Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding • Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow • Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho • Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff • Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow • Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow • A-hee-ahee ha-hee • A-oo-oo-oo-ooo

  14. What does the fox say? • What the fox really says? • Similar to a dog’s bark • High pitch

  15. Sick • Carried diseases • Rabies • Tape Worm • Sarcoptic Mange Mite

  16. Bibliography http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/attitudes/commonmyths.html#q2 http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/redfox.htm http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/23062/0 http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/redfox.html

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