Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

With a name almost as long as this wonderful little fox one would expect
it to be fast and cunning. Instead, if frightened it will take to ground in
a woodchuck's burrow or some other underground den, they do not like to
run. It has another quality quite unique, it climbs trees and sometimes
is called the tree fox. It can climb to escape predators or capture birds
and raid nests. They live in the southwest and eastern part of the U.S.
and are chiefly nocturnal. Their diet is small animals, insects, reptiles,
fish, carrion, fruit, acorns, birds and their eggs. The gray fox is slightly
smaller than the red fox and does not interbreed but does look similar
during one of the red foxes color phases.

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Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

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