Red Fox

The red fox is a very agile animal, able to jump over 7 feet high! They only weigh about 30 lbs on average, and are actually the biggest of the family "Vulpe". While they have binocular vision, which is good for hunting, they often react to movement. As for their hearing? It is very acute- they can hear a mouse squeak from over 300 feet away. Their sense of smell is about equal with that of a dog.


Red foxes are territorial creatures, but are also pack animals and stick together. The whole pack joins in the upbringing of the young kits, and will not typically fight. Once the kit is grown, it has the option to leave the group. If the chances of finding it's own territory are low, it will often stay with its parents (much like humans...).

The reproduction season is only once, in the spring. Gestation period is often 58 days, and then 4-6 kits are born. The kits are born blind, deaf, and toothless- a better word for this is HELPLESS. They are also born with not red fur, but brownish-grey fur. After about 1 month of nursing, the kits can leave the den and hunt with their parents, and also begin to turn red. They can usually survive to be 5 years old in the wild, but in captivity have survived to be older than 14.