Definition of gray fox
: a fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) with coarse gray hair and white underparts that occurs from southern Canada to northern South America
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Mule deer and island foxes, the rascally miniature descendants of gray foxes, are everyday sights on Catalina’s grassy hills.
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Lauren Hinson, the zoo's collection manager, said deer and gray foxes become too stressed and thus will stay outdoors as Irma bears down.
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Health officials confirmed Thursday that a gray fox that bit two men earlier in the week near a Delray Beach job site had rabies.
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First Known Use of gray fox
circa 1679
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