Arabian Red Fox

Arabian Red Fox

Taxobox
name = Arabian Red Fox


status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Canidae
genus = "Vulpes"
species = "V. vulpes"
subspecies = "V. v. arabica"
range_

range_map_caption=
trinomial = "Vulpes vulpes arabica"
trinomial_authority = Thomas, 1902

The Arabian Red Fox ("Vulpes vulpes arabica") is a subspecies of the Red Fox native to Arabia. The Arabian Red Fox is similar in color to the common Red Fox. However, it is more adapted to desert life than its parent species. The fox's ears are much larger, and its body is much smaller than that of the Red Fox.

The Arabian Red Fox also has fur between its toes, to prevent burning of the feet. It is brownish pale red in color and averages at 4.5 kg in weight. This fox is a solitary animal with well defined home ranges. Its diet consists of rodents, birds, and fish as well as some desert vegetation or even carrion. They are most active at night. The small foxes open the eyes after 10 days from birth.There Arabian foxes live in various environment, mountains, coasts, desert to cities.

External links

* [http://www.rasmohamed.com/rasita10a.html Wildlife at Ras Mohamed.]
* [http://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/red_fox.html Wildlifeonline - Natural History of the Red Fox]
* [http://www.arabianwildlife.com/nature/mammal/mam08.html natural uae] . UAE INTERACT ONLINE : NATURAL EMIRATES : MAMMALS : - Arabian Red Fox.


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