🐺Gray fox
The gray fox, 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 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".
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 4.22 kg
- Body length
- 0.67 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Gray fox
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.22 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.75 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.67 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass42 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.35 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity351 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation61 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 57 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.83 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density2.41 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Gray fox yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusUrocyon
- ›speciesUrocyon cinereoargenteus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusUrocyon
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusUrocyon
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