Ezo red fox
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Ezo red foxes store food and can find their hiding places again.
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Ezo red foxes store food and can find their hiding places again.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ezo red fox
- Scientific name
- Vulpes vulpes schrencki
- Japanese name
- キタキツネ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Canidae
- Genus
- Vulpes
The Ezo red fox is a subspecies of the red fox; red foxes living in Hokkaido are classified under this name.
A red fox of Hokkaido. It has long had close ties with people and often appears in local folktales.
Its fur is reddish brown, white from under the chin to the belly, and black on the feet. The tip of its tail is white.
It eats field mice, hares and birds, as well as plant foods. It catches prey by jumping on it.
How the Ezo red fox lives
They are active at night or in the dim light of dawn and dusk. After detecting a mouse, they stand still, listening and watching it closely. The same earthen den may be used across generations. They send signals to other Ezo red foxes using the scent of urine and droppings.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
Where the Ezo red fox has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- キタキツネ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- おびひろ動物園 — キタキツネChecked: 2026-11-03
- 旭山動物園 — キタキツネChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Vulpes vulpesChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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