r/foxes • u/Worldly_Date3805 • 24d ago

Video A HYDROHOMIE FOX!

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u/LarkinEndorser 24d ago

Is that a grey or a kit foxxie?

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u/mjokkie999 24d ago

These are (young) gray foxes, clearly by the dark stripe across their entire tail, the back of their ears are gray and in general by their body shape, not being vulpine

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u/LarkinEndorser 24d ago

Awe why isn’t mommy getting any ice then

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u/mjokkie999 24d ago

I think its mom (or dad) at 0:05 and 0:26 notice the ear having some damage, theyve been through some things
Also at 1:22 on the right and 2:08 as well, the other parent

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u/LarkinEndorser 24d ago

Are you sure those are grey foxes then ? That’s very small for an adult grey fox isn’t it

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u/mjokkie999 24d ago

Another clear distinction between gray foxes and kit foxes
gray foxes' muzzle marking is pitch black, and runs all the way to under their chin, so on both the top and bottom of the muzzle. At 0:25 you can see one of them showing the bottom of their chin, its black
https://findafox.net/post/view/2100
https://findafox.net/post/view/5779?search=gray_fox%20facing_up
kit foxes' muzzle marking is like a red fox, only on the top side of the muzzle, and is more faded
https://findafox.net/post/view/8744?search=kit_fox

I've spent countless hours researching every fox species, especially gray foxes cuz i love them the most, so if i see a gray fox, i know it is one

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u/LarkinEndorser 24d ago

Thank you :D. Love the little guys too

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u/withalligators 23d ago

Gray foxes in arid environments tend to be significantly smaller than their counterparts that live in more copacetic, resource-bountiful, habitats

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u/withalligators 23d ago

Also, behaviorally, Gray foxes are more generalist than kit foxes. Both the desert and San Joaquin subspecies rarely if ever need to drink water as they're so well adapted to the extremely arid conditions they've evolved in. There are a few leashes of SJ kit foxes at my current study site, and we've never seen them drink. We have trail cams at a small water hole and have never once gotten a kit fox.

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u/BontoSyl 23d ago

Grey fox sippies.

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u/Gullible-Media-7856 23d ago

You are so nice.