First of all we want to say that this article is about the most cunning animal in Earth. Unfortunately we people have associated this title to the name. But if you are much eager to know about the various amazing facts related to this animal, you are at the right place. They are very popular all over the world and are mainly known for their personality and appearance. Fox is sub divided into various species which is widely distributed all over the world. Not only the facts, you are also going to get some really beautiful fox pictures that is going to blow away your mind.

Fox Pictures Will Make You Fall In Love with Them

Fox are omnivorous animals and belongs to the dog family. They are scientifically known as vulpes. Normally fox is known as a nocturnal animal and we all know that a male fox is known as ‘Tod’, a female fox is known as ‘Vixen’ and baby fox is known as ‘Cubs’ and a group of fox is known as ‘leash’ or ‘Skulk’. Fox is slightly smaller than a medium-sized domestic dog with triangular ears, flattened skull, slightly upturned snout and a long bushy tail. As we have said earlier that fox are found in various species but you should know that the most widely spread fox in this earth is the ‘red fox’.

Long long ago fox were actually hunted by the humans with the help of hound dogs. Especially in Europe, Fox hunting is like a game that involves both humans and horses. But now it has made strictly illegal but still practiced in some places only horses are used instead of dogs. Normally a wild fox lives in an average of 6-7 years but some traces are found that fox can live up to the age of 13 or more. They hunt for small rodents, mammals and birds and even seen to hunt various types of insects also.

Fox is known to be very social and basically loves to live a flexible life. They also feed on a varied diet and found in the continents of Asia, Europe, North America and North Africa. Coming to its size, fox is normally small and the smallest living fox in this earth is Fennec Fox. Their weight is also respectively very light and normally weighs about 1.5 pounds to 25 pounds. Now if we talk about their behaviors, fox normally lives in packs and likes to stick with their family members all the time. Normally they sleep during the day time and go for hunting at night but this can change with the situation and place where they are living. If they found it safe hunting during the day time they will do it.

Fox have a great eye sight which is related to the cats. Cats also have a great vision power. If you see a fox you will notice that their eye structure is mostly like the cats than the dogs. They have vertically slit pupils. They can run very fast with an average speed of 45kms/h which is almost similar to a blackbuck antelope one the fastest animal in this earth. Lastly we are coming to the habitat that is they are found in the mountains, forests, grasslands and deserts. They make their homes by digging holes in the ground which is also called as the den of fox. Amazingly they are much planned house builders. Their tunnels under the ground even have separate rooms for the different family members. The dens also have several exits to save them from the predators.

All over fox is basically a very beautiful animal in this world mostly fascinated by the humans for the attitude. Here we have collected various beautiful pictures below so that you can spend some good time with these realistic as well as beautiful fox pictures.