Kit Fox

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The Kit Fox, Vulpes macrotis, is a desert-dwelling fox found in the Southwest United States. It's sometimes called the San Joaquin Kit Fox or Desert Kit Fox.

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The Kit Fox, Vulpes macrotis, is a desert-dwelling fox found in the Southwest United States. It's sometimes called the San Joaquin Kit Fox or Desert Kit Fox.

Kit Fox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species of North America. Its range is primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_fox
ADW: Kit Fox - Vulpes macrotis

Kit foxes are the smallest member of the family Canidae in North America. Their most distinctive feature is their exceptionally large ears placed close together on the head.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vulpes_macrotis/
Kit Fox - ARKive

Learn more about the Kit fox with amazing Kit fox videos, photos and facts.
http://www.arkive.org/kit-fox/vulpes-macrotis/
Vulpes macrotis (Desert Fox, Kit Fox)

Find population statistics and information about the Kit Fox from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41587/0
Desert Kit Fox - BiologicalDiversity

Center for Biological Diversity teaches about the desert kit fox.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/desert_kit_fox/
San Joaquin Kit Fox, Species Profile - ESRP

Species profile of the Vulpes macrotis mutica.
http://esrp.csustan.edu/speciesprofiles/profile.php?sp=vuma
Species Profile for San Joaquin Kit Fox - ECOS

Species Profile web site of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A006
Keep Me Wild, the Kit Fox - Wildlife

You may be harming vulnerable wildlife like the Kit fox without knowing it!
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Keep-Me-Wild/Kit-Fox
Desert Kit Fox - NPS

You could be walking back from the Pinto Dunes at dusk when you spy a little dog trotting through the creosote bushes.
https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/kitfox.htm
San Joaquin Kit Fox - Defenders

Learn about the size, diet, population, range, behavior and other fascinating facts about San Joaquin kit foxes.
http://www.defenders.org/san-joaquin-kit-fox/basic-facts

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Kit fox

San Joaquin kit fox sitting
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Vulpes
Species:	V. macrotis^[1]
Binomial name
*Vulpes macrotis^[1]* Merriam, 1888
Subspecies
V. m. macrotis V. m. mutica

distribution
Synonyms^[1]
Vulpes muticus Merriam, 1902 Vulpes neomexicanus Merriam, 1903 Vulpes arsipus Elliot, 1904 Vulpes devius Nelson and Goldman, 1909 Vulpes arizonensis Goldman, 1931 Vulpes nevadensis Goldman, 1931 Vulpes tenuirostris Nelson and Goldman, 1931 Vulpes zinseri Benson, 1938

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Kit Fox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species of North America. Its range is primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_fox
ADW: Kit Fox - Vulpes macrotis

Kit foxes are the smallest member of the family Canidae in North America. Their most distinctive feature is their exceptionally large ears placed close together on the head.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vulpes_macrotis/
Kit Fox - ARKive

Learn more about the Kit fox with amazing Kit fox videos, photos and facts.
http://www.arkive.org/kit-fox/vulpes-macrotis/
Vulpes macrotis (Desert Fox, Kit Fox)

Find population statistics and information about the Kit Fox from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41587/0
Desert Kit Fox - BiologicalDiversity

Center for Biological Diversity teaches about the desert kit fox.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/desert_kit_fox/
San Joaquin Kit Fox, Species Profile - ESRP

Species profile of the Vulpes macrotis mutica.
http://esrp.csustan.edu/speciesprofiles/profile.php?sp=vuma
Species Profile for San Joaquin Kit Fox - ECOS

Species Profile web site of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A006
Keep Me Wild, the Kit Fox - Wildlife

You may be harming vulnerable wildlife like the Kit fox without knowing it!
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Keep-Me-Wild/Kit-Fox
Desert Kit Fox - NPS

You could be walking back from the Pinto Dunes at dusk when you spy a little dog trotting through the creosote bushes.
https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/kitfox.htm
San Joaquin Kit Fox - Defenders

Learn about the size, diet, population, range, behavior and other fascinating facts about San Joaquin kit foxes.
http://www.defenders.org/san-joaquin-kit-fox/basic-facts

Kit fox

San Joaquin kit fox sitting
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Vulpes
Species:	V. macrotis^[1]
Binomial name
*Vulpes macrotis^[1]* Merriam, 1888
Subspecies
V. m. macrotis V. m. mutica

distribution
Synonyms^[1]
Vulpes muticus Merriam, 1902 Vulpes neomexicanus Merriam, 1903 Vulpes arsipus Elliot, 1904 Vulpes devius Nelson and Goldman, 1909 Vulpes arizonensis Goldman, 1931 Vulpes nevadensis Goldman, 1931 Vulpes tenuirostris Nelson and Goldman, 1931 Vulpes zinseri Benson, 1938

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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The Kit Fox, Vulpes macrotis, is a desert-dwelling fox found in the Southwest United States. It's sometimes called the San Joaquin Kit Fox or Desert Kit Fox.

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