Wire Fox Terrier
Canis familiaris
Mammalia
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-16 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Pack
- Biome
- Human settlements
- Range
- Worldwide
- Movement
- Running
- Breeding
- Live birth
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Common
About
A small, wiry-coated terrier bred in England to bolt foxes from their dens, with a dense, crinkly white coat and a famously alert, boxy muzzle.
Life cycle
- 1.newborn pupA blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
- 2.juvenileA weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
- 3.adolescentAn adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
- 4.adultFully grown and hunting alongside the pack.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Canidae
- Genus
- Canis
- Species
- Canis familiaris