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Kit fox   /kɪt fɑks/   Listen
Kit fox

noun
1.
Small grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox.  Synonym: Vulpes macrotis.
2.
Small grey fox of the plains of western North America.  Synonyms: prairie fox, Vulpes velox.






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"Kit fox" Quotes from Famous Books



... the prongbuck "antelope"[5] thronged the grassy flats, and elk browsed on the foliage of the thickets along the river banks. Grizzly bears and black bears,[6] large grey wolves, the small coyote wolf, the pretty little kit fox and large red fox preyed on these herbivores, as did also pumas and lynxes. Marmots and prairie hares (Lepus campestris)—often called rabbits by the pioneers, who also named the marmots "wood-chucks"—frolicked ...
— Pioneers in Canada • Sir Harry Johnston



Words linked to "Kit fox" :   Vulpes macrotis, genus Vulpes, fox, Vulpes



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