Gray Fox Case
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Gray Fox
Urocyon Cinereogenteus
Gray fox are 79cm to 109
Cm, they weigh 8 to 11 pounds, 8 in
Southern states, 11 in northern
States, but if food is abundant then
they usually weigh a lot more. The gray fox is usually a lot smaller than the red fox, so thats a way to tell the two apart. The gray foxs fur is a salt pepper gray. A black stripe runs across their tail, and ends with a black top, another black strip runs to the nose to their eyes. The side of their head, cheek, belly and throat area is white, the ears are a reddish color, and the reddish color separates from the gray sides, the feet and back of ears are also a reddish color.
Nocturnal creatures, feeding and moving from place to place when pressured it will climb a tree or spray an odor, or it will climb a tree for the sun. It has a distinctive bark that is usually repeated 4 to 5 times in a row and squeal or growl
Omnivore: it eats small rodents like mice, squirrels, rabbits, birds, eggs, insects, vegetation, fruit like blackberries, carrion which is dead animals, and acorns
Located in the 3rd trophic level
Reproduces sexually, gestation days is around 53 days, usually 4 to 5 babies(kits) born in the April and May range, usually mate when they are about a year old, and continue to mate until they get very old, or when they die Male gray foxes bring the food to the den(where they live) and they also assist the kits how to hunt.
Gray foxes are usually killed for furs to use for coats; humans also trap the gray foxes in the woods, while also running them over with their cars by accident. Also gray foxes interact with humans, if you keep food or garbage in your yard you will attract them, but also they sometimes carry diseases, so as a precaution keep your yards clean.
A few ways to save the gray fox species is to educate people on how the gray fox helps the environment, they help the environment by eating small rodents who might destroy crops, or prevent them from getting into your house. Also we can set up national parks to preserve the species. Keeping pets; dogs inside at night because a common enemy to the gray fox is dogs and they fight and the end result is most of the time death. Lastly, take them into captive so they can reproduce and keep the population growing.