Least ConcernCoyote
Canis latrans
One of the 17 foxes on WAnimals
Mammals · Carnivora · Canidae
Vulpes velox
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The swift fox is a small canid of the shortgrass prairies of North America, very like the kit fox but with slightly smaller ears and a shorter muzzle. It owes its name to its speed: it reaches more than 50 kilometres an hour over a short dash. It hunts rodents, rabbits, insects and birds, and depends entirely on burrows, which it uses all year round, unusually for a canid. It disappeared from Canada in the mid-twentieth century and has been successfully reintroduced to the prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Weight
1.8 kg – 3 kg
Size
45 cm – 54 cm
Life expectancy
7 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (en): Swift fox
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Swift Fox — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about swift fox.
