Canidae (coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves)

Canidae
There are 34 species in this family, and they are found in all areas of the world, except for Antarctica. Species in this family have long, pointed snouts; long legs; and padded feet with non-retractable claws. They have five toes on their front feet and four toes on their hind feet, and they walk on their toes! Most species are omnivorous, but meat is an important part of their diet. Canidae are built for endurance, not speed. They can run after prey and keep up a steady trot over long distances.

Coyote
Gray Fox
Red Fox

Atelocynus (short-eared dog)
Canis (dogs, jackals, and wolves)
Cerdocyon (crab-eating fox)
Chrysocyon (maned wolf)
Cuon (dhole)
Dusicyon (Falkland Island wolf)
Lycalopex (South American foxes)

Lycaon (African wild dog)
Nyctereutes (raccoon dog)
Otocyon (bat-eared fox)
Speothos (bush dog)
Urocyon (gray foxes)
Vulpes (foxes)

Atelocynus (short-eared dog)

Short-eared Dog
The short-eared dog has a large head; short, rounded ears, and a long, bushy tail.
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Canis (dogs, jackals, and wolves)

Black-backed Jackal
The black-backed jackal usually spends the day in the brush and comes out at dusk to hunt.
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Black-backed Jackal
The black-backed jackal gets its name from the black stripe of fur that runs down its bac.
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Black-backed Jackal
The black-backed jackal has a broad black stripe on its back.
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Jackal
Jackals live alone or in pairs.
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Coyote
The coyote has grayish-brown to yellowish-brown fur on top and whitish fur on its underparts.
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Coyote
Coyotes once only lived in the prairies and deserts of the western US and Mexico.
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Coyote
Coyotes are very adaptable and can thrive in a wide-variety of habitats including suburbs, towns, and cities.
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Coyote
The coyote is solitary, but may hunt in breeding pairs.
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Coyote
The coyote is an opportunistic omnivore! It will eat just about anything, but it prefers small rodents
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Coyote
The common name, coyote, comes from the word used by Mexico’s Nahuati Indians, coyoti.
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Coyote
Coyotes are found throughout North and Central America.
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Coyote
Coyotes guard their home territory fiercely.
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Ethiopian Wolf
See what's being done to save the Ethiopian wolf.
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Ethiopian Wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is the only wolf found in Africa.
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Ethiopian Wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is also called the Simien fox or the Simien jackal.
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Ethiopian Wolf
Learn what's being done to get rabies vaccinations to the Ethiopian wolf.
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Ethiopian Wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is found only in six or seven mountain ranges of Ethiopia.
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Golden Jackal
The golden jackal is found in North and East Africa, Southeastern Europe and South Asia to Myanmar.
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Golden Jackal
The golden jackal has long legs; a long, pointed muzzle; and a short, bushy tail.
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Golden Jackal
The golden jackal is an omnivore and is found in a wide-variety of habitats.
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Gray Wolf
The gray wolf is the largest of the canid species.
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Gray Wolf
Domestic dogs are descended from the gray wolf.
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Gray Wolf
Gray wolves usually live in packs, led by an "alpha pair."
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Gray Wolf
Gray wolves are carnivores, often preying on animals larger than they are, including elk, caribou, and deer, as well as beavers, hares, and other small animals.
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Gray Wolf
Gray wolves live 6-8 years in the wild.
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Gray Wolf
In the U.S., gray wolves are found in Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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Mexican Gray Wolf
The Mexican wolf is a subspecies of the gray wolf. Mexican gray wolves live in packs of 3-8 ruled by an alpha male and female.
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Mexican Gray Wolf
Wolf pups are born blind and deaf.
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Mexican Wolf
Mexican wolves hunt large hoofed mammals, like deer and elk.
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Red Wolf
The red wolf once roamed over much of the southeastern United States, but by the early 1900s it had disappeared from all states except Texas and Louisiana.
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Red Wolf
The red wolf has been reintroduced to the Alligator River in North Carolina, and the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina.
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Red Wolf
Red wolves were almost driven almost to extinction, coyotes moved into their former range, and sometimes the two species interbred.
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Red Wolf
The male red wolf is larger than the female.
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Red Wolf
The red wolf is a smaller and a more slender cousin of the gray wolf. It s coat is gray-black, with a reddish cast.
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Red Wolf
The red wolf is one of the world’s most endangered wild canids.
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Red Wolf
The red wolf has long legs, long ears, a narrow head, and strong jaws with sharp teeth.
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Side-striped Jackal
Side-striped jackals are found in moist wooded areas in east, west, and central Africa.
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Side-striped Jackal
Side-striped jackals mate for life.
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Side-striped Jackal
The side-striped jackal is light gray to tan and has a white tip on its tail. It has a white stripe from elbow to hip and black stripes on its side.
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Cerdocyon (crab-eating fox)

Crab-eating Fox
The crab-eating fox is found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Paraguay, Uruguay and Northern Argentina.
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Chrysocyon (maned wolf)

Maned Wolf
The maned wolf eats small mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, bird eggs, fruits, and vegetation.
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Maned Wolf
The maned wolf is the largest South American canid.
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Maned Wolf
The maned wolf is a solitary creature, except during mating season.
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Maned Wolf
The maned wolf is found in the grasslands and scrub forest of central South America.
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Cuon (dhole)

Dhole
The dhole is also known as the Asiatic wild dog, or red dog.
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Dhole
Dholes howl rather than bark, and have distinct mating and hunting calls.
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Dhole
The dhole is found from the Altai Mountains in Manchuria in Central and Eastern Asia through India, Myanmar, and the Malayan Archipelago.
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Dhole
Dholes hunt in small packs of five to twelve adults.
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Dusicyon (Falkland Island wolf)

Lycalopex (South American foxes)

Culpeo
Culpeos, or colored foxes, are found throughout most of the western half of South America.
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Darwin's Fox
Darwin's fox is a small grizzled grayish-brown fox with short legs and a long body.
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Darwin's Fox
Darwin's fox is found in forests.
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Darwin's Fox
Darwin's foxes are found in Chile.
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Hoary Fox
The hoary fox is a small fox with grizzled grayish-brown fur, a bushy tail, and a short muzzle.
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Hoary Fox
The hoary fox is southwestern Brazil.
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Pampas Fox
The pampas fox is medium-sized and has a grizzled brindled gray coat with paler gray underparts. It has a black muzzle and a thick, bushy tail.
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Pampas Fox
Pampas foxes are found in Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and north of Rio Negro in Argentina.
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South American Gray Fox
The South American gray fox is also known as the Argentine gray fox. It is wide spread throughout Patagonia and western Argentina.
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South American Gray Fox
The South American gray fox is omnivorous.
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Lycaon (African wild dog)

African Wild Dog
The African wild dog has only four toes per foot, unlike other dogs, which have five toes on their forefeet.
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African Wild Dog
African wild dogs hunt twice a day, usually at dawn and dusk.
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African Wild Dog
The African wild dog has very large, rounded ears.
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African Wild Dog
The African wild dog is also known as the Cape hunting dog. is the only truly social cat species.
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African Wild Dog
The African wild dog hunts antelopes and small mammals.
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African Wild Dog
African wild dog packs can consume an entire carcass in as little as 15 minutes
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African Wild Dog
African wild dogs are found in Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, parts of Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and the Transvaal.
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Nyctereutes (raccoon dog)

Raccoon Dog
The raccoon dog is native to eastern Siberia, northern China, North Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It was introduced to western Russia and is now widespread in northern and eastern Europe.
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Raccoon Dog
Raccoon dogs live and hunt in pairs or small family groups.
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Raccoon Dog
The raccoon dog really does look like a raccoon! It has a black mark, gray fur, short legs, and short, rounded ears.
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Raccoon Dog
The raccoon dog has curved claws and can climb trees!
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Otocyon (bat-eared fox)

Bat-eared Fox
The bat-eared fox is ashy gray in color with black limbs and tail.
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Bat-eared Fox
There are two bat-eared fox populations in Africa, one from Ethiopia and southern Sudan to Tanzania; the other from southern Angola and Rhodesia to South Africa.
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Bat-eared Fox
80% of the bat-eared fox's diet is made up of insects. It also eats fruit, small mammals, scorpions, and small birds.
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Bat-eared Fox
Bat-eared foxes move around termite colonies and lap up termites by the hundreds! Yum!
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Bat-eared Fox
The bat-eared fox escapes enemies by outrunning and out-dodging them.
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Bat-eared Fox
The bat-eared fox gets its name from its very large pointed ears. It uses its ears to locate termites and other insects.
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Bat-eared Fox
Bat-eared foxes live in groups of mating pairs and their young.
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Speothos (bush dog)

Bush Dog
The bush dog feeds mainly on rodents.
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Bush Dog
The bush-dog has a long, squat body; a round head with a short muzzle; rounded ears; and reddish brown fur.
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Bush Dog
The bush-dog is found in forests and wet savannas from Panama to the northern limits of Argentina.
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Bush Dog
Bush dogs live in packs of up to 10 animals.
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Urocyon (gray foxes)

Gray Fox
The gray fox is active at night and during twilight. It sleeps during the day in dense vegetation or secluded rocky places.
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Gray Fox
Gray foxes occur throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to northern Venezuela and Colombia.
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Gray Fox
The gray fox lives in a wide variety of habitats but prefers areas with lots of brush or woods.
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Gray Fox
The gray fox can climb trees!
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Channel Island Fox
The Channel Island fox is the smallest canid in North America.
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Channel Island Fox
The Channel Island fox is also known as the island fox or the island gray fox.
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Channel Island Fox
There are six subspecies of the island fox. One for each of the islands the fox is found on: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz , San Nicolas, Santa Catalina, and San Clemente.
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Channel Island Fox
The Channel Island fox has two layers of fur: a softer coat of underfur, and a longer coat of “guard” hairs.
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Channel Island Fox
The Channel Island fox is found only on the six largest Channel Islands off of the southern California coast.
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Vulpes (foxes)

Arctic Fox
The Arctic fox has a dense, multi-layered coat that keeps it warm in the winter.
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Arctic Fox
The arctic fox can survive frigid Arctic temperatures as low as –58°F. Brrr!
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Arctic Fox
Arctic foxes are found in the treeless tundra extending through the arctic regions of Eurasia, North America, Greenland, and Iceland.
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Arctic Fox
The arctic fox eats lemmings, voles, squirrels, birds and their eggs; and fish. They also eat berries in season, and scavenge on carrion
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Arctic Fox
A male fox is called a reynard, the female is called a vixen, and the baby is called a kit. A group of foxes is called a skulk or a leash.
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Bengal Fox
The Bengal fox is found in India, Nepal and Pakistan.
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Bengal Fox
The Bengal fox is also known as the Indian fox. It prefers semi-arid, flat to undulating terrain, scrub and grassland habitats.
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Blandford's Fox
Blandford's fox has reddish brown fur; a short, slender snout; very large ears; and a long, bushy tail tipped in white or black,
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Blandford's Fox
Blandford's fox is found from Israel throughout the mountainous regions of the middle east to Afghanistan.
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Cape Fox
The Cape fox is a small fox with gray-silver fur, a reddish head and forelimbs, and a bushy tail.
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Cape Fox
The Cape fox is nocturnal.
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Cape Fox
The Cape fox is found in central and western regions of southern Africa.
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Corsac Fox
The Corsac fox has soft gray or reddish gray fur on its upper parts and white to cream on fur its underparts. It has a white chin, a bushy tail, and large pointed ears.
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Corsac Fox
The Corsac is found in central Asia, ranging into Mongolia and northeastern China.
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Fennec Fox
The fennec fox has really, really, really big ears. Really!
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Fennec Fox
The fennec fox is the smallest of all the world's foxes.
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Fennec Fox
The fennec fox is found in central Sahara, the through the mountainous and desert regions from northern Morocco, east along the northern tip of the Red Sea to Kuwait, and south into northern Nigeria and Chad.
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Fennec Fox
The fennec fox is a social animal and may share a burrow systems with up to 12 individuals.
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Kit Fox
The kits fox is a small fox with large ears and a long tail.
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Kit Fox
The kit fox is found in the southwestern part of the United States and northern and central Mexico.
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Kit Fox
The kit fox is found in desert and semi-arid regions between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains and on down into Baja California and the North Central states of Mexico; it is also found in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
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Pale Fox
The pale fox has sand colored fur that help it blend in with its desert environment.
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Pale Fox
The pale fox is found from Senegal to Northern Sudan and Somalia.
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Red Fox
The red fox has orangish-red fur on its back, sides and head. It has white fur under its neck and on its chest.
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Red Fox
The red fox has a long bushy tail tipped in white, pointed black ears and black legs and feet.
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Red Fox
The red fox is a solitary animal except during mating season and when raising young.
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Red Fox
The red fox is found in North America, Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
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Rüeppell's Fox
Rüeppell's fox is found in desert regions of North Africa and the Arabian peninsula, from as far east as Pakistan, to as far northwest as Israel and Jordan.
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Rüeppell's Fox
Rüeppell's fox has brownish-red fur, a white-tipped tail, and big ears.
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Swift Fox
The swift fox is found on prairie grasslands just east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Swift Fox
The swift fox spends more time underground in its burrow than any other canid.
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Tibetan Fox
The Tibetan fox is found in the Tibetan plateau of India, China, India, and Nepal,
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Tibetan Fox
The pika is a favorite food of the Tibetan fox.
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Tibetan Fox
The Tibetan foxes can range in color from black to brown and rusty-colored. It has thick fur and short, pointed ears.
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