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Red Foxes

Red Foxes

By Miranda

Appearance

• The Red Fox can grow up to one meter.

• Red Foxes have pointy ears.

• Red Foxes have curved claws.

Appearance

• The Red Fox is in the dog family.

• They are like us mammals.

Appearance

• The Red Fox can age to twelve years old.

Habitat

• Red Foxes live in deciduous forests

• They dig a den and live in it.

• The den is warm inside.

• They are nocturnal.

Range of the Red Fox

Diet

• The Red Fox is a carnivore.

• They only eat plants if food is scarce.

• Red Foxes hunt alone.

Diet

• Red Foxes hunt up to eight km.

• Red Foxes pounce on their prey.

• They bury it for later.

Predators

• They have many predators.

• Red Foxes hide in their den when a predator comes.

• Some of the Red Foxes predators are Lynxes, Bears and dogs.

Predators

• But we are also predators of the Red Fox too.

Offspring

• A litter of Red Foxes are called cubs.

• Male Red Foxes are called dogs.

• Female Red Foxes are called vixen.

Offspring

• A vixen has eight cubs a year.

• Vixens only have one litter a year.

• Cubs are deaf and blind for ten days.

Offspring

• Cubs drink from their mother.

Adaptations

• Red Foxes wrap their tails around themselves for warmth.

• They are good runners.

• Red Foxes can run one km.

Adaptations

• Red Foxes stay away from enemies as soon as spotted.

• Red Foxes have good eyes.

• They also have good ears.

Special Facts

• Red Foxes help with crops they kill animals in the crop.

• Red Foxes are good hunters.

• Vixens and dogs both have forty-two teeth.

Special Facts

• Red Foxes have carnivore teeth.

• They have hard teeth.

• Red Foxes get new enamel every year.

Summary

• Red Foxes have big ears.

• They also have big tails.

• They’re carnivores.

Summary

• Red Foxes live in Canada.

The End

This is the end of my presentation of the Red Fox.