#0010 · 🦊 mammals

Red Fox

🇳🇱 Vos ·Vulpes vulpes

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to...

base stats

NL sightings 391iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 160,965iNaturalist observations
lifespan 5 yrmaximum recorded
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

Spotted 391 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the mammals in NL.
160,965 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Can live up to 5 years.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).