This was shared by my friend Emily who is a small mammal wildlife rehabilitator in NC….
A couple quick ways to identify between a red fox, grey fox and a coyote.
♡ Red fox- red body and wears black socks, white tipped tail and dog face. Can jump as high as 6.5 feet high! Can live 15 years in captivity and average 7 years in the wild.
♡ Grey fox – grey body with a touch of red, black tipped tail, black stripe down back, cat face. Can retract their clawes like cats and are able climb up trees!
♡ Coyote – grey, brown or blackish, long & fluffy tail, tall & scrawny, larger than a fox with dog face and a longer snout. Great swimmers and can run up to 40mph!
Fox facts- male is a ‘dog fox’, female is a ‘vixen’, a group is called a leash or a skulk. They live in dens, aka’earth’, with their kits and have verticle pupils like cats.
MORE INFO:
Grey fox: http://elelur.com/mammals/grey-fox.html
https://interesting-animal-facts.com/D…/Grey-Fox-Facts.shtml
Red fox:
https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/red-fox/
https://interesting-animal-facts.com/…/Interesting-Red-Fox-…
Coyote:
https://forum.americanexpedition.us/coyote-facts-informatio…
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