Red fox vs Swift fox
The red fox is heavier: 5.48 kg against 2.2 kg for the swift fox, about 2.5 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a red fox and a swift fox?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The red fox is heavier: 5.48 kg against 2.2 kg for the swift fox, about 2.5 times the weight.
- The swift 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
| Red fox | Swift fox | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Vulpes vulpes | Vulpes velox |
| Family | Canidae | Canidae |
| Order | Carnivora | Carnivora |
| Weight | 4.58 kg – 6.26 kg | 2.09 kg – 2.4 kg |
| Length | 45 cm – 90 cm | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 15 years | 15.9 years |
| Main food | fruit, oryctolagus | Not recorded |
| Habitat | desert, forest, grassland, human_modified, shrubland, wetland | desert, grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 1 | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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