Stats

Lifespan

2-5 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Crepuscular

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Running

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

The most widely distributed wild carnivore on Earth, found across the entire Northern Hemisphere and naturalised in Australia. Sensitive whiskers on its muzzle and forelegs, paired with directional hearing tuned to low-frequency rustling, let it pinpoint a mouse beneath snow and pounce nose-first to break through the crust.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn pup

   A blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
3. 3.
   adolescent

   An adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown and hunting alongside the pack.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Canidae

Genus

Vulpes

Species

Vulpes vulpes