Gray fox
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The gray fox, or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox of the
Gray fox
Showing black tail stripe, Sierra Nevada
Kit at the Palo Alto Baylands in California
Yawning, northern Florida
Island fox
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The island fox is a small fox species that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. They evolved from their larger mainland gray fox ancestor and have diversified into six subspec
Gray fox
…omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox (Urocyon littoralis) of the California Channel Islands, are the only living members of the genus Urocyon, which is considered to be genetically sister…
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Portrait of a Santa Cruz island fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae)
The skull of a mainland gray fox (left) compared with the skull of an island fox (right)
An island fox kit nestled in the brush