The fox, an ancient and discreet animal with great adaptation skills

Fox identity card: a canine that suffers from its bad reputation

Species described by the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné and his team in 1758.

Common name: The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), or goupil, according to his old first name, was highlighted in Renart’s novel.

Reign: animal

Branch: chordates.

Class : mammals.

Order: carnivores.

Family : canids.

Gender : Vulpes .

Size : As an adult, it measures 1.5 m, weighs 5 to 7 kg, and can live for six years.

Conservation : In France, around 500,000 foxes are killed each year between September and February, because their reputation is so bad. What if it was rather to eliminate the direct competitor of hunters for the predation of small game?

Close-up on… Its pupil, elliptical, is vertical. Although it does not see the color orange, the fox is sensitive to movement and has excellent night vision. Its keen hearing allows it to spot rodents underground or in the snow.