Kit Fox
Vulpes macrotis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 887
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. These foxes are the smallest of the four species of Vulpes occurring in North America and are among the smallest of the vulpines worldwide. It has also been called a North American counterpart of the fennec fox due to its large ears.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kit fox”.