Red foxes live around the world in varying habitats such as forests, mountains, deserts, and grasslands. They are also found among humans, and can be very pesky critters around farms.Foxes eat an assortment of small animals such as rodents, rabbits, birds, fish, and frogs, as well as fruits and vegetables. When living around humans, foxes help themselves to garbage and pet food.
Female foxes are called "vixens"; they have litters of two to twelve pups. The pups' coat is actually brown or gray when they are born, and a red coat comes in by then end of the first month. Both parents care for the pups for the first summer, then their offspring go out on their own. The average life span of a red fox in the wild is 2 to 4 years.
I took the picture at the Syracuse Zoo. More zoo animals are a-coming!
Source: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/red-fox/
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