gray fox
noun
: a fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) with coarse gray hair and white underparts that occurs from southern Canada to northern South America
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According to the wildlife agency, gray foxes, along with bats and skunks, are among the most commonly infected with rabies.
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The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
The project is expected to provide habitat for two endangered birds, the least Bell’s vireo and light-footed ridgeway’s rail, and offer animals access to conserved land areas for mammals such as the American badger, mountain lion, coyote, bobcat, mule deer and gray fox.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
The red foxes are more common in the north and west parts of the state and gray foxes in the Ozarks, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Many people here have never seen a gray fox in the wild and might be surprised how many there are.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
Multiple people were bitten by a rabid gray fox in New York last week, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
In a good year, Baker caught as many as 200 red foxes and gray foxes — not bad pocket money, even if not exactly enough to make a living.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Central Oregon’s High Desert Museum has a new resident: an 8-month-old bobcat kitten. Visitors to the museum south of Bend will be able to see the male kitten, who does not have a name yet, in the museum’s atrium, where Gert the gray fox is kept.
—The Oregonian, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
And, along with native cottonwoods, their roots stabilize river bank soils against erosion while their canopy fosters a lush understory of willows and herbs that provide habitat for bobcats, jackrabbits, javelinas, gray fox, coyote, mountain lions and rare species of reptiles and amphibians.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
The project is expected to provide habitat for two endangered birds, the least Bell’s vireo and light-footed ridgeway’s rail, and offer animals access to conserved land areas for mammals such as the American badger, mountain lion, coyote, bobcat, mule deer and gray fox.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
The red foxes are more common in the north and west parts of the state and gray foxes in the Ozarks, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Many people here have never seen a gray fox in the wild and might be surprised how many there are.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
Multiple people were bitten by a rabid gray fox in New York last week, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
In a good year, Baker caught as many as 200 red foxes and gray foxes — not bad pocket money, even if not exactly enough to make a living.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Central Oregon’s High Desert Museum has a new resident: an 8-month-old bobcat kitten. Visitors to the museum south of Bend will be able to see the male kitten, who does not have a name yet, in the museum’s atrium, where Gert the gray fox is kept.
—The Oregonian, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
And, along with native cottonwoods, their roots stabilize river bank soils against erosion while their canopy fosters a lush understory of willows and herbs that provide habitat for bobcats, jackrabbits, javelinas, gray fox, coyote, mountain lions and rare species of reptiles and amphibians.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
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circa 1679, in the meaning defined above
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gray fox
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: a gray-haired fox with white underparts that is found from southern Canada to northern South America
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