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red fox
noun
: a usually orange-red to reddish-brown Holarctic fox (Vulpes vulpes) that has a white-tipped tail compare silver fox sense 1
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Wildlife killed include moose, deer, black bears, elk, mountain lions, raccoons, hawks, coyotes, porcupines, red foxes, bobcats, owls, rabbits, Canadian geese, beavers and badgers.
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The red fox is the most common species on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City area, a population that biologists say has been stable for quite a while, according to Keigher.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
Infected red foxes, coyotes and raccoons, for instance, are appearing relatively frequently—but not at nearly the scale of the marine mammal mass mortalities.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
Despite its name, Sierra Nevada red foxes can be either mostly red, mostly black, or a grayish brown cross phase, according to the USFWS.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 27 June 2025
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The red fox is the most common species on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City area, a population that biologists say has been stable for quite a while, according to Keigher.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
Infected red foxes, coyotes and raccoons, for instance, are appearing relatively frequently—but not at nearly the scale of the marine mammal mass mortalities.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
Despite its name, Sierra Nevada red foxes can be either mostly red, mostly black, or a grayish brown cross phase, according to the USFWS.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 27 June 2025
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“Red fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20fox. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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