New Zoo trip, part 8: Foxes!
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dragoness_eNew Zoo trip, part 1
New Zoo trip, part 2
New Zoo trip, part 3
New Zoo trip, part 4
New Zoo trip, part 5
New Zoo trip, part 6
New Zoo trip, part 7
This is the last of the zoo pictures.
We have a mix of grey and red foxes. Grey foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are not particularly grey, and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) aren't necessarily red. If it has a white tail-tip, it is a red fox.
This is a young red fox, classic color phase
The foxes' pen is made up to look like a back-country backyard, which accounts for the bits of junk strewn around. Foxes can and do live in close proximity to humans, as a wonderful documentary I saw about foxes in England proved. Over there, they often live under houses in the middle of town.
Young red fox, close-up
Note the white-tipped tail
Three red foxes
Note the gray-phase red fox ("Silver fox") in the center. The foxes are mostly young and quite playful.
Fox in a boat, minding his own business
Ooh look, a playmate!
Foxes like huge palmetto fronds, too
My palmetto!
(Note the white tail-tip)
Gray-phase RED fox.
Two grey foxes
New Zoo trip, part 2
New Zoo trip, part 3
New Zoo trip, part 4
New Zoo trip, part 5
New Zoo trip, part 6
New Zoo trip, part 7
This is the last of the zoo pictures.
We have a mix of grey and red foxes. Grey foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are not particularly grey, and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) aren't necessarily red. If it has a white tail-tip, it is a red fox.
This is a young red fox, classic color phase
The foxes' pen is made up to look like a back-country backyard, which accounts for the bits of junk strewn around. Foxes can and do live in close proximity to humans, as a wonderful documentary I saw about foxes in England proved. Over there, they often live under houses in the middle of town.
Young red fox, close-up
Note the white-tipped tail
Three red foxes
Note the gray-phase red fox ("Silver fox") in the center. The foxes are mostly young and quite playful.
Fox in a boat, minding his own business
Ooh look, a playmate!
Foxes like huge palmetto fronds, too
My palmetto!
(Note the white tail-tip)
Gray-phase RED fox.
Two grey foxes
