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red fox
noun
: a usually orange-red to reddish-brown Holarctic fox (Vulpes vulpes) that has a white-tipped tail compare silver fox sense 1
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Both Arctic and red foxes hunt in the snow by using their sensitive hearing to locate the precise location of tunneling rodents.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
False Cape is also where an array of wildlife make their home, including loggerhead turtles, red foxes, and more than 300 species of nesting and migratory songbirds.
—AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
The video category was won by Kevin Lohman for his footage of a red fox enjoying zoomies on the grass one frosty morning.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The team was surprised to learn that the bones came from a variety of smaller animals, such as rabbits, bobcats, red foxes, mountain lions, lynx and the now-extinct American cheetah.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
False Cape is also where an array of wildlife make their home, including loggerhead turtles, red foxes, and more than 300 species of nesting and migratory songbirds.
—AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
The video category was won by Kevin Lohman for his footage of a red fox enjoying zoomies on the grass one frosty morning.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The team was surprised to learn that the bones came from a variety of smaller animals, such as rabbits, bobcats, red foxes, mountain lions, lynx and the now-extinct American cheetah.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Red fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20fox. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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