#0207 · 🦊 mammals

Gray Fox

🇳🇱 Grijze Vos ·Urocyon cinereoargenteus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The gray fox ( Urocyon cinereoargenteus ), or grey fox , is a carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout northern and central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive Channel Island fox ( Urocyon littoralis ), are the only living members of the genus Urocyon , which is considered to be the most basal of the living canids. Though it was once the most common fox in the eastern United States, and still is found there, human advancement...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 48,635iNaturalist observations
weight 86 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
48,635 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 86 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1775 (251 years ago).