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Gray fox (animal)

Gray Fox

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Genus:Urocyon
Species:cinereoargenteus
Binomial name
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a species of wild dogs, that is distributed from southern Canada through the USA and Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. Its colours are grey on the back, tawny on sides, neck and legs, and white on the belly. There is a black stripe along the back and the tail.

Gray Foxes are forest dwellers, and together with the closely related Island Foxes they are the only canids able to climb trees. In the trees and on the ground they are hunting squirrels, mice and birds and foraging for berries and other vegetable diet.