7 most beautiful foxes in the world

Referring to the fox, many people think of a deceitful and cruel animal in ancient stories. This is probably also the reason few people are sympathetic to this animal.

In fact, fox is just a normal animal, need to hunt for survival. They rarely gather in swarms but prefer to live alone, hunting live prey (especially small rodents). They also eat other foods, from grasshoppers to fruits and berries.

Foxes are generally very cautious in the presence of humans and often live only 2-3 years after being hunted, but when kept in captivity they can live up to 10 years or longer.

Here are the 7 most beautiful foxes in the world. BoredPanda synthesizes and introduces:

Fennec fox

Fennec foxes originating from North Africa and the Sahara desert, are the world's smallest fox, they weigh from 0.68 to 1.59kg with a body length of 24 to 41cm, about 20.3cm high, long tail 18-30cm while the ear is about 10-15cm long. However, they are extremely agile, capable of surprisingly high turn on. Their enemies only have eagles, owls and humans. Fennec foxes are distinguished by their characteristic big ears that release body heat. Their ears are very audible, they can hear prey moving under sand. The cream-colored coat helps them reduce heat during the day and keep it warm at night.

Red fox

Red fox is the largest, most widely distributed and most diverse fox of all foxes. They can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also in Australia. Red foxes often have typical golden brown fur, white tail feathers. Often, foxes live alone and hunt for live prey (especially small rodents). They are very fast hunters and can jump 2m high.

Marble fox

The marble fox is also a member of the red fox, but its coat color is not a natural color: they are kept by humans for fur. They have a special scent and to mark territory, they often urinate or go outside in conspicuous places.

Gray fox

Gray foxes distributed throughout North America, distinguished by the "salt pepper" coat and black streaks on the tail. It is the only animal in them that can climb trees.

Silver fox

The silver fox is actually the same species as the red fox, only different in color. Also because of this fur, there were times when they became the most valuable foxes. Currently people still raise and breed them to get their feathers.

Arctic fox

Arctic foxes are found throughout the Arctic Circle (one of the 5 major latitudes is shown on the Earth map). In addition, it is also called by other names such as white foxes and snow foxes. They have relatively short legs and snouts and thick fur to keep them warm in the cold to -70 degrees Celsius. At the same time, this species possesses a special heat exchange system, which makes it feel no shivers from the cold.

Arctic foxes are omnivores, eating almost anything they can find - from rodents, birds or fish, seaweed and the redundancy of larger predators. In case of scarcity of food, he also eats his own stool.

Cross fox

The cross is a different "color version" of the red, most abundant fox in North America. This species is distinguished by a black stripe that runs along the back and intersects another stripe forming a cross on the shoulder. They are rarer than red foxes but more popular than silver foxes.