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| DESCRIPTION RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION REPRODUCTION HABITAT DIET
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Red foxes feed on a wide variety of animal and plant materials. Food that has been caught by the fox usually gets buried for later consumption (Chapman and Feldhamer). Buried food source becomes a necessity when prey becomes scarce. Diet usually changes from larger prey during the winter to smaller prey and insects during the summer (Chapman and Feldhamer). Besides rabbits and mice, the red fox may also eat squirrels, raccoons, skunks, shrews, moles, porcupines, songbirds, quail, pheasants, turkeys, and insects (Chapman and Feldhamer). Red foxes also consume corn, wheat, and many other grains and are known to kill livestock such as pigs, sheep, goats, and calves (Chapman and Feldhamer). |