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red fox
noun
: a usually orange-red to reddish-brown Holarctic fox (Vulpes vulpes) that has a white-tipped tail compare silver fox sense 1
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At Walden's Puddle, there have been a lot of mange cases involving young red foxes, in their first or second year, the vet said.
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Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Wildlife killed include moose, deer, black bears, elk, mountain lions, raccoons, hawks, coyotes, porcupines, red foxes, bobcats, owls, rabbits, Canadian geese, beavers and badgers.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
But even that already precarious existence took an unexpected turn in 2015 when the birds’ top predators—red foxes—were hit by a highly contagious skin disease called sarcoptic mange.
—Ramin Skibba, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
The red fox is the most common species on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City area, a population that biologists say has been stable for quite a while, according to Keigher.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
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Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Wildlife killed include moose, deer, black bears, elk, mountain lions, raccoons, hawks, coyotes, porcupines, red foxes, bobcats, owls, rabbits, Canadian geese, beavers and badgers.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
But even that already precarious existence took an unexpected turn in 2015 when the birds’ top predators—red foxes—were hit by a highly contagious skin disease called sarcoptic mange.
—Ramin Skibba, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
The red fox is the most common species on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City area, a population that biologists say has been stable for quite a while, according to Keigher.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
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“Red fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20fox. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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