The Common Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

The

Common

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by Colby C.

Fox

The Common Gray Fox is usually red, grayish, and white with black at the tip of it’s tail. The Common Gray Fox is usually 8.5 pounds and 2ft long at adulthood.

The Common Gray Fox is usually located in the south part of America, and Central America, along with Mexico, and is in a little bit in Colombia. This is a map of the west coast of where they are in the south US region.

In one record, the Common Gray Fox was able to reach about 30 miles per hour. The Common Gray Fox may be small, but it is a fast animal.

Interesting facts about the Common Gray Fox

The Gray Fox cache their food, storing it for later near the den during the whelping season. This is to make it so that they do not need to hunt again for food.

In the wild the Common Gray Fox eats plants and animals like cooked meat and fish, along with the grass.

You can get these foods on the list from the following places that may be near you...

You may find these at home:

Apples from an apple tree nearby

You can get these things from a local grocery store:

Insects in the dirt

Berries

Nuts

Raw fish

Corn
Apples

You can find this from a hunter:

Certain types of animal meat

In The Wild habitat...

The Common Gray Fox is located in the turquoise area (as of 3/5/2020). The Common Gray Fox is located in southern parts of the USA, and up to Minnesota. The Common Gray Fox is also located in all of Central America, below Mexico. The Common Gray Fox is also located in Venezuela and Colombia, the 2 most north countries in South America.