Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Least concern
Where the gray fox lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 6,719 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See foxes, jackals & wild dogs on the world map
| Scientific name | Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
|---|---|
| Group | Foxes, jackals & wild dogs |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 5 countries |
| Continents | North America |
| Mass | 86 g (birth weight) |
| Diet (main food) | insect, domestic rabbit, berry, mouse, fruit, bird, tree squirrel |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Canidae |
Where does the gray fox live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gray fox in 5 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Canada, Belize, United States, Venezuela, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
How big is a gray fox?
Wikidata records the following for the gray fox: mass 86 g (birth weight).
What does a gray fox eat?
Wikidata lists the main food source of the gray fox as: insect, domestic rabbit, berry, mouse, fruit, bird, tree squirrel.
Is the gray fox endangered?
The gray fox’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the gray fox?
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Canidae, genus Urocyon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the gray fox
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox (Urocyon littoralis) of the California Channel Islands, are the only living members of the genus Urocyon, which is considered to be genetically sister to all other living canids. Its species name cinereoargenteus means "ashen silver".
It was once the most common fox in the eastern United States, and though still found there, human advancement and deforestation allowed the red fox to become the predominant fox-like canid. Despite this post-colonial competition, the gray fox has been able to thrive in urban and suburban environments, one of the best examples being southern Florida. The Pacific States and Great Lakes region still have the gray fox as their prevalent fox.
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Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gray fox (revision 1380975197), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q215250 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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