Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica

Kurdistan red fox
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Tribe: Vulpini
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes vulpes
Subspecies: V. vulpes kurdistanica
Trinomial name
Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica
(Satunin, 1906)

The Kurdistan red fox (Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica) is a subspecies of the red fox, found specially in southeastern Turkey.

Range

Kurdistan red fox lives in West Kurdistan North East of Turkey, Gelsk Valley, Kars district in Western Transcaucasia (probably in extreme North-Eastern Asia Minor).[1] This small, doglike animal is rusty-red with white underparts, chin and throat. The ears are prominent and the tail is long and bushy with a white tip. Backs of the ears, lower legs and the feet are black. The fox goes through colour phases of black, silver, and mixed.[2]

Description

This small, doglike animal is rusty-red with white underparts, chin and throat. The ears are prominent and the tail is long and bushy with a white tip. Backs of the ears, lower legs and the feet are black. The fox goes through color phases of black, silver, and mixed. This fox subspecies ranges 58 - 90 cm (23 - 35 inches) in length without its tail. Tail ranges 32 - 49 cm (12.5 - 19.5 inches). Weight approximately 3 – 11 kg (6.5 - 24 lbs). Life Expectancy seven years (in the wild) 15 years (in captivity)[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Subspecies Sheet | Mammals'Planet". Planet-mammiferes.org. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  2. ↑ "America's Wildlife Resource". eNature. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Red Fox". The Animal Files. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
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