kit fox
noun
1
a
b
: a fox (Vulpes macrotis) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico with exceptionally large ears and a black tip on the tail
2
: the fur or pelt of a kit fox
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This includes the San Joaquin kit fox and the Lange's metalmark butterfly.
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Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Free-roaming dogs have also been known to attack wild animals, too — including endangered species such as kit foxes and desert tortoises.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
As of January, the company knew of just two tortoises killed — one that may have been hit by a car, and another that may have been entombed in its burrow by roadwork, then eaten by a kit fox.
—Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
The mitigation lands are now reverting back to habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, blunt-nosed leopard lizards, burrowing owls and other at-risk species.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
The Fish and Game Commission has banned the trapping of river otters, desert kit foxes and red foxes, among other species.
—Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Free-roaming dogs have also been known to attack wild animals, too — including endangered species such as kit foxes and desert tortoises.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
As of January, the company knew of just two tortoises killed — one that may have been hit by a car, and another that may have been entombed in its burrow by roadwork, then eaten by a kit fox.
—Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
The mitigation lands are now reverting back to habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, blunt-nosed leopard lizards, burrowing owls and other at-risk species.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
The Fish and Game Commission has banned the trapping of river otters, desert kit foxes and red foxes, among other species.
—Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
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“Kit fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kit%20fox. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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