Grey Fox Facts: also GRAY FOX facts 🦊 Animal Fact Files

The grey fox (or gray fox - it's spelled either way) is not a "true" fox! The grey fox is currently consider the most basal living canid. You can learn more grey fox facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Range: the Americas
Habitat: mostly wooded places with access to water but also seen in open areas and urban settings
Size: 9 pounds (4kg) in weight, 14 inches (36cm) tall at the shoulder, 3 feet (91cm) long
Diet: fruits, insects, rodents, etc.
Threats: bobcats, coyotes, owls, eagles, etc.
Lifespan: 6-8 years in the wild

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Grey Fox VS OTHER FOXES 0:00
Grey Fox RANGE 0:38
Grey Fox VS RED FOX 0:51
Grey Fox HABITAT AND PREDATORS 1:05
Grey Fox VS COYOTE 1:45
Grey Fox DEN 2:00
Grey Fox LIFE CYCLE 2:21
Grey Fox DIET 3:01
Grey Fox APPEARANCE 3:32
Thanks / Outro 4:00
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Image and Video Credits:
Andy: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Casey Klebba:    • Gray fox commuting by log  ;    • Stellar's jay greets a gray fox  ;    • Gray fox rolling around in the dirt  
dipperanch:    • Fox Pup Scratching  ;    • Wanderings of Two Fox Pups  ;    • Fox drinking in the farmyard  
Grendelkhan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Jürgen: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Lake Metroparks:    • Tulip - animal ambassador gray fox  
Morgan:    • Grey Fox (?) pup/kit meets the cat  
National Zoological Park New Delhi:    • COMMON FOX ENJOYING AT NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL...  
RWR:    • Видео  
TrailCam Leo:    • Gray Fox Sighting 2021  
Zion National Park: https://flickr.com/photos/zionnps/580...
Megan Ralph - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/10...
Allison Peters - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/32...
Mike Mullins - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/29...
forfoxsake - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/19...
Colorado State University Library - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
klankbeeld - https://freesound.org/people/klankbee...
Jim Kennedy - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Research Credits:
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/a...
https://mnmammals.d.umn.edu/gray-fox
https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/grayfox...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/gra...

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