Swift Fox

Range & Habitat

Reproduction & Life History

Threats & Management Needs

Literature Cited

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Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division.  1990.  Alberta's threatened wildlife: swift fox. Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Covell, D. F.  1992.  Ecology of the swift fox (Vulpes velox) in southeastern Colorado. Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Egoscue, H. J.  1979.  Vulpes velox. Mammalian Species 122, American Society of Mammalogists, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.

Federal Register.  1995.  Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: 12 month finding for a petition to list the swift fox as endangered. 50 CFR Part 17, 60:31663-31666.

Hansen, P. J.  1997.  Home range, habitat use, and denning characteristics of kit foxes in the northern Chihuahuan desert. Thesis, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.

Kilgore, D. L.  1964.  An ecological study of the swift fox in the Oklahoma panhandle. Thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

Mercure, A., K. Ralls, K. P. Keopfli, and R. K. Wayne.  1993.  Genetic subdivisions among small canids: mitochondrial DNA differentiation of swift, kit, and arctic foxes. Evolution 47:1313-1328.

Samuel, D. E., and B. B. Nelson.  1982.  Foxes. Pages 475-490 in J. A. Chapman and G. A. Feldhamer, editors. Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and economics. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Scott-Brown, J. M., S. Herrero, and J. Reynolds.  1987.  Swift fox. Pages 433-441 in M. Nowak, J. A. Baker, M. E. Obbard, and B. Malloch, editors. Wild furbearer management and conservation in North America. Ontario Trappers Association, North Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Sovada, M. A., C. C. Roy, J. B. Bright, and J. R. Gillis.  1998.  Causes and rates of mortality of swift foxes in western Kansas. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1300-1306.

Thornton, W. A., and G. C. Creel.  1975.  The taxonomic status of kit foxes. Texas Journal of Science 26:127-136.