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The Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) is a small fox found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. They also live in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 404 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (659 × 978 pixels, file size: 92 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vulpes velox (en:Swift Fox, de:Kitfuchs, fr:Renard véloce. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
Subclasses & Infraclasses Subclass †Allotheria* Subclass Prototheria Subclass Theria Infraclass †Trituberculata Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals (class Mammalia) are warm-blooded, vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including those that produce milk, and by the presence of: hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex...
Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: or ; from Latin carÅ (stem carn-) flesh, + vorÄre to devour) includes over 260 species of placental mammals. ...
Genera Alopex Atelocynus Canis Cerdocyon Chrysocyon Cuon Cynotherium †Dusicyon †Dasycyon †Fennecus (Part of Vulpes) Lycalopex (Part of Pseudalopex) Lycaon Nyctereutes Otocyon Pseudalopex Speothos Urocyon Vulpes The Canidae (′kanə′dē, IPA: ) family is a part of the order Carnivora within the mammals (Class Mammalia). ...
Species Vulpes bengalensis Vulpes cana Vulpes chama Vulpes corsac Vulpes ferrilata Vulpes lagopus Vulpes macrotis Vulpes pallida Vulpes rueppelli Vulpes velox Vulpes vulpes Vulpes zerda Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. ...
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Taxonomy The swift fox is closely related genetically to the kit fox Vulpes macrotis, but occupies a different geographical range. The two have historically been regarded as different species, for reasons basically related to size: the kit fox is slightly smaller than the swift fox, and the former has a narrower snout. However, hybrids between the two occur naturally where their ranges overlap, and some mammalogists (e.g. Dragoo et al, 1990) classify the two as subspecies of a single species, usually treated as Vulpes velox (with the swift fox being described as V. velox velox and the kit fox as V. velox macrotis). The molecular genetics evidence is not conclusive however, and some of those who have used it (e.g. Mercure et al, 1993) continue to treat the swift fox and kit fox as separate species. This article is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
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Conservation status The species was extirpated from Canada by 1938, but a reintroduction program started in 1983 has been successful (Sillero-Zubiri & Hoffmann, 2004). However, in May 2000, the Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the swift fox as an endangered species in Canada[1]. In general, though, the IUCN Red List characterises it as of Least Concern, because populations elsewhere in its range are stable or increasing. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ...
General characteristics Swift foxes weigh 2 or 3 kg (4 to 7 pounds). The average size is 2.8 feet long, with a tail ranging in length between nine and thirteen inches. They are primarily nocturnal, and are more heavily dependent on their dens than most North American canids. They suffer serious predation by coyotes. A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ...
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Genera Alopex Atelocynus Canis Cerdocyon Chrysocyon Cuon Dusicyon Fennecus Lycalopex Lycaon Nyctereutes Otocyon Pseudalopex Speothos Urocyon Vulpes Canidae is the family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals commonly known as canines. ...
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Like most canids, the swift fox is an omnivore. Rabbits, mice, ground squirrels, birds, insects and lizards are staples. Grasses and fruits round out their diet. However, like any efficient forager, the swift fox takes advantage of seasonal foods. During the summer, adults eat large amounts of insects, including beetles and grasshoppers and feed their young with larger prey items. Winter-killed deer and other carrion may also be important food sources. Pigs are omnivores. ...
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Genera Ammospermophilus Spermophilus Cynomys Marmota Tamias Sciurotamias The ground squirrels are all members of the Sciuridae most closely related to the genus Marmota and included in the tribe Marmotini. ...
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lizards are pink and become very aggressive when they see other females. ...
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Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera...
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Adult swift foxes live in pairs and may mate for life. They may occupy up to thirteen dens in one year, moving because prey is scarce or because skin parasites build up inside the den. Sometimes they make other burrows from other animals bigger, even though they are completely capable of digging one on their own. Recent research has shown that social organization in the swift fox is unusual among canids, since it is based on the females. Females maintain territories at all times, but males emigrate if the resident female is killed or removed. A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it. ...
In ethology, sociobiology and behavioral ecology, the term territory refers to any geographical area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against conspecifics (and, occasionally, animals of other species). ...
References - ^ Species at sk - Swift Fox. Environment Canada (2006-05-08). Retrieved on August 16, 2007.
- Dragoo, J. W., Choate, J. R., Yates, T. L., & O'Farrell, T. P. (1990). Evolutionary and taxonomic relationships among North American arid-land foxes. Journal of Mammalogy, 71, 318-332.
- Egoscue, H. J. 1979. Vulpes velox. Mammalian Species 122:1-5.
- Kamler, J. F., Ballard, W. B., Gese, E. M., Harrison, R. L., Karki, S., & Mote, (2004). Adult male emigration and a female-based social organization in swift foxes, Vulpes velox. Animal Behaviour, 67, 699-702.
- Mercure, A., Ralls, K., Koepflik, P., & Wayne, R. K. (1993). Genetic subdivisions among small canids - mitochondrial-DNA differentiation of swift, kit, and arctic foxes. Evolution, 47, 1313-1328.
- Sillero-Zubiri & Hoffmann (2004). Vulpes velox. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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