New Zoo trip, part 8: Foxes!

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New 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