Photographers in Inner Mongolia met sand foxes foraging in the snow. What are the morphological characteristics of sand fox?

The physical characteristics of sand fox are quite distinctive. The adult sand fox is about 50 cm to 60 cm long, with a relatively long tail, 25 cm to 35 cm long, and its weight is not too heavy. Generally, an adult sand fox weighs about 4 kg to 6 kg. Externally, the sand fox is relatively small and taller than its close relative, the red fox.

Moreover, the sand fox has long legs, red-gray coat and short face, but the front end of its mouth is sharp, its tail is also very distinctive, its ears are big, its upper part is sharp, but its lower part is wide.

The capillaries on the sand fox are very developed, so when its hair is peeled off, it will be found that its skin will be reddish brown, and its back as a whole will be brownish gray or brownish brown, but from a distance, its body background color will generally be a little more silver, which is mainly due to its body color, and the color of its head is still different. Its head is generally dark, close to the ear shell and limbs. The coat color is basically gray-brown, but the lower abdomen and inner limbs are basically a little white, while the coat color of sand fox is different in summer and winter, and it is a little red in summer.

Sand fox mainly lives in grassland and desert areas, generally far away from farmland and forests. It likes living in desert areas. Sand fox likes to wander around very much and has no fixed living area. If there is no food to eat in winter, it will migrate to the south. The food it eats is generally a little more meat, and it usually eats some small animals or some birds and insects. Generally live in the Volga river basin.