Red Fox Facts | Croatia & Slovenia Wildlife Guide
Despite its name, the red fox can be found in many different colorations, including amber, silver, platinum and gray. The most recognizable, of course, is rusty red with black stockings and white undersides. This creature weighs anywhere from 6.5 to 24 pounds—roughly half the size of a coyote. Slender and sleek, the fox saunters through the underbrush, its pointed ears alert and white-tipped, and its brush-like tail held aloft.
It is one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora and is found throughout Europe.
Red fox males and females, and sometimes their older young, work together to care for the pups, who remain in the den at least until the fall of the year they were born and sometimes even longer, especially for females. The older pups will leave to find their own range where they will remain for life.
The family groups have earthen dens and often other emergency burrows within their home range. They will often use dens of other animals and use the same den over and over for generations. They are nocturnal, but in the morning, you may see parents watching the young kits play outside before tucking them away to go hunt.
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