gray fox
noun
: a fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) with coarse gray hair and white underparts that occurs from southern Canada to northern South America
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Red foxes tend to eat more meat, while gray foxes eat meat but also more plant materials such as acorns or beechnuts, says Owen.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent rabies cases in Arizona Pinal County issued a rabies advisory in February after a gray fox tested positive in western Maricopa.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Some of her favorite images so far are of a gray fox captured by a camera in Tecolote Canyon.
—Contributing, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
Residents noticed the distressed gray fox roaming the Robinson Ranch neighborhood and called a local animal shelter, the San Diego Humane Society said in a Monday, March 3, Facebook post.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent rabies cases in Arizona Pinal County issued a rabies advisory in February after a gray fox tested positive in western Maricopa.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Some of her favorite images so far are of a gray fox captured by a camera in Tecolote Canyon.
—Contributing, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
Residents noticed the distressed gray fox roaming the Robinson Ranch neighborhood and called a local animal shelter, the San Diego Humane Society said in a Monday, March 3, Facebook post.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Gray fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20fox. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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