Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox
Foxes are members of the dog family, as too are wolves. A
vixen usually has a litter of between two and eight cubs, and keeps them
safe in an underground lair until they are ready to face the world and
begin fending for themselves.
Foxes now live both in farmland and in towns. Rodents and
other small mammals, as well as birds' eggs, large insects and even ripe
fruit are the staple diet of foxes in the countryside.
In towns foxes have learned to scavenge, raiding dustbins
at night and lying low during the day.
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