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Swift Fox By Ruby Stucki Looks The swift fox is a small, light orange-tan fox with large ears, fur, and a black-tipped tail. It is 5 to 7 pounds when full grown. Where It Lives The swift fox lives in a den on short-grass prairies and


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Swift Fox

By Ruby Stucki

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The swift fox is a small, light orange-tan fox with large ears, fur, and a black-tipped

  • tail. It is 5 to 7 pounds when full grown.

Looks

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The swift fox lives in a den on short-grass prairies and

  • deserts. It can be in the wild or
  • captivity. It can live in the

Southwest, Canada, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana.

Where It Lives

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The swift fox is a mammal, vertebrate, and in the dog family. Which Animal Groups?

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The swift fox is an omnivore. It eats rabbits, mice, birds, insects, grass, and fruit. Diet

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The swift fox has 4 main

  • predators. The coyote,

badger, bobcat, and golden eagle. Predators

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The swift fox is called swift because it can run swiftly at 30 miles per hour. The scientific name is vulpes

  • velox. It is about the size of a domestic house cat.

Interesting Facts

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Swift foxes are not scared of humans, so they are vulnerable to poisoning, trapping, and death on highways. Currently, it is an endangered species. Human Impact