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San Joaquin. By: Karen Shao #24 Evergreen ES Mrs. Chang 4 th grade. My SCIENTIFIC NAME:. Vulpes Macrotis . My DIET:. kangaroo rats cottontail rabbits black-tailed jackrabbits meadow voles hares prairie dogs insects lizards snakes fish ground-dwelling birds mice
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San Joaquin By: Karen Shao #24 Evergreen ES Mrs. Chang 4th grade
My SCIENTIFIC NAME: • Vulpes Macrotis
My DIET: • kangaroo rats • cottontail rabbits • black-tailed jackrabbits • meadow voles • hares • prairie dogs • insects • lizards • snakes • fish • ground-dwelling birds • mice • antelope squirrel • vegetation & grasses
My APPEARANCE: • large ears,2.8-3.75 inches, great hearing to beware of predators • gray coat with rusty tints; back is darker while belly & inner ears are lighter; dark patches around the nose • body is 18-21 in. • bushy, 9.85-13.4 in. tail • coat camouflages with surroundings
My Natural Enemies: • coyotes • red foxes • large hawks • owls • eagles • bobcats • domestic dogs • large raptors
My SELF DEFENSE: • digging escape burrows where they hunker down until it's safe to come out
Where I Live • San Joaquin Valley (mostly on the southeastern part)
My PUPS: • are born when the kit fox is about one year old • are born in February or March • emerge from underground when they are around one month of age • usually have many brothers and sisters, as they are born ranging 2-6 pups • taken care of by
My STATUS: • declared endangered • Defenders of Wildlife and other conservations working on how to revive San Joaquin kit foxes
My THREATS: • changes in precipitation pattern, including reduced rainfall and increase changes of drought, all caused by climate change • change in the Central Valley from open grasslands to farms, orchards, houses and roads causes greatest impact • roads, orchards, houses, and farms lead to death, injury, illness, and difficulty finding a mate or food • floods and suffocating because of cave ins
FACT-a-THON • I am the smallest species of the fox to be found in America, weighing only 5 pounds • I don’t need freshwater to survive, since it’s in my food. • My large ears might help dissipate body heat and detect tiny noises/sounds. • I’m one of a kind- an umbrella species(protecting my habitat will save other animals too)! • I can move between 30 different dens and roam 9 miles in search of food at night. • Carrizo Plain is where the largest kit fox, my relative, lives. • nocturnal animals
Are you Really That Smart? • Get ready for the. . . BRAIN BURST
carnivore omnivore herbivore carnivore and omnivore all of the above none of the above 1. Are we Herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores? Click the correct answer.
to look pretty so we can look with our ears to be aware of our terrifying enemies to find some yummy food all of the above none of the above 2. Why do we have Large Ears?
always one pup 10+ pups no pups are born 2-6 pups all of the above none of the above 3. About how many pups do we Usually give birth to?
one year old two years old three years old twenty years or older changes for every kit fox none of the above 4. How old do I generally have pups?
coyote owl eagle red foxes all of the above none of the above 5. Which is a Natural Predator to me?
3 miles 8 ½ miles 13 miles 9 miles changes every once awhile I don’t know. 6. How many miles can I run while hunting for food at night?
Vulpes vulpes Alopex Lagopus Vulpes Velox Urocyon Littoralis Vulpes Macrotis I have no idea 7. What is my scientific name?
precipitation patterns roads orchards houses A only B, C, and D A and D 8. What causes most of us to die?
dig an escape burrow camouflage flee (run) hypnotize the predator differs time to time I do not understand this 9. How do I protect myself from danger?
largest species of all foxes smallest species of all foxes average species tiniest of all of Animal Kingdom largest of all animals best of foxes 10. I am the . . .
. . . CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …Because you tried your very best
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