Swift fox Vulpes velox Least concern
Where the swift fox lives – recorded in 2 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 41 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See foxes, jackals & wild dogs on the world map
| Scientific name | Vulpes velox |
|---|---|
| Group | Foxes, jackals & wild dogs |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 2 countries |
| Continents | North America |
| Mass | 2.4 kg (adult weight) |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Canidae |
Where does the swift fox live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the swift fox in 2 countries and territories across North America.
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 swift fox?
Wikidata records the following for the swift fox: mass 2.4 kg (adult weight).
Is the swift fox endangered?
The swift fox’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the swift fox?
The swift fox (Vulpes velox) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Canidae, genus Vulpes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the swift fox
The swift fox (Vulpes velox) is a small light orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western Great Plains grasslands of North America, such as Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It also lives in southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada, where it was previously extirpated. It is closely related to the kit fox (V. macrotis) and some mammalogists classify them as conspecific. However, molecular systematics imply that the two species are distinct. Interbreeding between the two species does occur where their ranges overlap (eastern New Mexico and western Texas), but this hybridization is quite restricted in scope.
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Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Swift fox (revision 1377362471), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q263706 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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