Characteristics and living habits of foxes

Fox's eyes can adapt to the darkness, and its pupils are oval and shiny, similar to cats and different from other canines with round pupils. Foxes have keen sight, smell and hearing. Most foxes have a pungent smell, which is emitted by the smelly glands at the root of their tails.

Second, living habits.

Foxes live in forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and hilly areas, live in tree holes or soil holes, go out for food at night and go home at dawn. So it can prey on all kinds of mice, rabbits, birds, fish, frogs, lizards, insects and so on. I also ate some wild fruits.

When they pounce on their prey, the long and hairy tail can help them keep their balance, and the white hair at the tip of the tail can confuse the enemy and disturb his sight.

Expanded data population status: Red fox was found again in Jiaozi Snow Mountain Reserve on 20 18.

Following the first shooting of the red fox image in Jiaozishan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan last year, the reporter learned from the Municipal Forestry Bureau on 20 18 10.9 that the scientific research institute of the Management and Protection Bureau of Jiaozishan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan was surprised to find three live images of the red fox taken on different dates when sorting out the monitoring data of the field infrared camera.

After several months of shooting, when collating the monitoring data of infrared cameras in the field, the staff of scientific research institute found that the infrared cameras deployed in the sample line of Sifang well area from April 2065438 to April 2008 to July 2008 18: 07: 58 clearly recorded the life image of the red fox again. In March 20 18, March 2 1 2008 and April 2, 2008, the live images of red fox were also taken in the same place.

The first time I photographed the red fox in the nature reserve was on March 20th, 20 17 15: 3 1, and was photographed in the Sifang well area. "After more than a year, the red fox was detected again in the reserve, indicating that the protection effect of the reserve is remarkable and there is a complete ecosystem chain. We speculate that the population of red fox is rising. "

The person in charge said. Red fox is a carnivorous canine, with a body length of 50 ~ 90 cm and a weight of 5 ~ 10 kg, the largest of which exceeds 15 kg. It is agile and likes to act alone. It mainly preys at night and mainly feeds on marmots and mice. This species has been listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under National Key Protection or with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration in August 2000 1.

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