What are the characteristics of foxes?

The characteristics of foxes are as follows:

1, the fox is slim with long and thick hair. The body length plus the tail length is 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm). The fox's furry tail accounts for half or two-thirds of its head and body, and its mouth is very sharp.

2. The fox has a sharp cry, lives in caves and often preys at night. In the wild, they mainly feed on small animals such as fish, mussels, shrimps, crabs, maggots, rodents, birds and insects, and sometimes they eat some plants.

3. The fox is alert and timid; The eyes can adapt to the darkness, and the pupils are oval and shiny, similar to the eyes of cats, which is different from other canines with round pupils.

Fox has keen vision, smell and hearing. Most foxes have a pungent smell, which is released by the smelly glands at the root of the tail; Every February-May, there are generally 3-6 babies per fetus. If someone finds the fox in its nest, it will "move" that night to prevent accidents.

Foxes live in forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and hilly areas, live in tree holes or earth holes, go out for food at night and go home at dawn. So it can prey on all kinds of mice, rabbits, birds, fish, frogs, lizards, insects and so on. I also ate some wild fruits.