Kit fox vs Red fox
The red fox is heavier: 5.48 kg against 4.5 kg for the kit fox, about 22% more.
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What is the difference between a kit fox and a red fox?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The red fox is heavier: 5.48 kg against 4.5 kg for the kit fox, about 22% more.
- The kit fox is longer-lived: 15.9 years against 15 years for the red fox, about 6% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Vulpes, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Kit fox | Red fox | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Vulpes macrotis | Vulpes vulpes |
| Family | Canidae | Canidae |
| Order | Carnivora | Carnivora |
| Weight | 1.9 kg – 4.5 kg | 4.58 kg – 6.26 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 15.9 years | 15 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | fruit, oryctolagus |
| Habitat | Not recorded | desert, forest, grassland, human_modified, shrubland, wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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