#0353 · 🦊 mammals

Island Fox

🇳🇱 Eilandvos ·Urocyon littoralis

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The island fox ( Urocyon littoralis ) is a small fox that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. They are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in the spiritual lives of native Channel Islanders. They have been likely semi-domesticated as pets, used as pelts, or for...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,146iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
4,146 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858 (168 years ago).