🐺Gray fox
שועל אפור מצוי (שם מדעי: Urocyon cinereoargenteus) הוא מין בסוג שועל אפור. קרוב למין שועל איים אפור, החבר לאותו סוג ונחשב לאחד מהכלביים הפרימיטיביים ביותר, דבר המתבלט למשל ביכולתם לטפס על עצים (אם כי לא כמתמחים), יכולת הייחודית להם ולשועל הרקון (שני הסוגים הם דמויי-שועל).
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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
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusUrocyon
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