gray fox
noun
: a fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) with coarse gray hair and white underparts that occurs from southern Canada to northern South America
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The gray fox is a similar but different species that prefers deciduous forests.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
Within a few months, the gray fox was showing more agility and was navigating logs and platforms in his habitat.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Residents noticed the distressed gray fox roaming the Robinson Ranch neighborhood and called a local animal shelter, the San Diego Humane Society said in a Monday, March 3, Facebook post.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Red foxes tend to eat more meat, while gray foxes eat meat but also more plant materials such as acorns or beechnuts, says Owen.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
Within a few months, the gray fox was showing more agility and was navigating logs and platforms in his habitat.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Residents noticed the distressed gray fox roaming the Robinson Ranch neighborhood and called a local animal shelter, the San Diego Humane Society said in a Monday, March 3, Facebook post.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Red foxes tend to eat more meat, while gray foxes eat meat but also more plant materials such as acorns or beechnuts, says Owen.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Gray fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20fox. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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