Image: Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Description: The grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is the most common fox in California, with a silvery-grey coat with patches of yellow, brown, rust, or white on the neck and belly. They are mostly found in coastal or mountain forests at low elevations where they rest in hollow logs, under boulders and crevices. Their main source of food are small rodents, birds, insects, berries, acorns, eggs and fungi. The fox has short legs so it can climb trees to retrieve food and to seek refuge and measure from 21-29 inches in body length with a bushy tail around 15 inches long. Their mating season is mostly in January with three to five pups born in February or March and the pups will start to hunt within three months. This grey fox was on display at the California Living Museum in Bakersfield, Calif. Photo taken August 20, 1993.
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