Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes

Photo category:
Shrubland of the Balkans
Vertebrates specimen collection
Natural History Museum of Crete exhibition

Photo taken by:
Trikali, M.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Red Fox

Carnivores

Mammals

Animals

Vertebrates

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Shrubland of the Balkans diorama

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Photo of a Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, which is a carnivore with characteristic grey-reddish colour and a fluffy tail. The majority of its diet consists of mice, lizards, birds, eggs, insects and earthworms as well as plants. In winter it also scavenges carrion.