Gray fox

The gray fox is an omnivore whose main foods are berry, bird, domestic rabbit, fruit, insect, mouse and tree squirrel. It has one litter per year of 3.9 young after a gestation of 61 days, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern, not a threatened category.

Weight

3.72 kg – 4.22 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15.6 years – 16.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

berry, bird, domestic rabbit, fruit, insect, mouse and 1 moresrc for Main food

Habitat

human_modifiedsrc for Habitat

Gestation

61.5 days – 63 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

3.8 – 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.3 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The gray fox is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyCanidae
6. genusUrocyon
7. SpeciesUrocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775)

Synonyms Canis cinereoargenteus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Island fox

Urocyon littoralis

Canidae

CompareGray fox vs Island fox

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@misc{gray_fox_2026,
  title = {Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gray-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}