What food does the fox eat?

Abstract: the fox is a carnivorous canine animal of the mammalian class, which is actually a folk term for such animals as arctic fox, red fox, silver-black fox, sand fox and so on. They are smart and timid, predators, mainly eat rats, and occasionally attack poultry. So it is an animal that benefits more and harms less. Let's take a look at what the fox eats.

The fox is a mammalian carnivorous canine, which is actually a folk term for such animals as arctic fox, red fox, silver-black fox, sand fox and so on. They are smart and timid, carnivorous animals, mainly eat rats, and occasionally attack poultry. So it is an animal that benefits more and harms less. Let's take a look at what the fox eats.

What kind of food does the fox eat?

Foxes are carnivores, mainly feeding on rodents, fish, frogs, clams, shrimp, crabs, earthworms, birds and their eggs, insects and the carcasses of healthy animals. Under the condition of artificial feeding, feed is given priority to, and in the important feeding stage, some animal meat scraps such as intestines, stomach, head and bones are supplemented as feed, which can basically meet the needs of foxes.

The foraging habits of foxes

Foxes live in forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and hills, live in tree holes or burrows in the soil, hunt for food in the evening, go home at dawn, prey on all kinds of mice, hares, birds, fish, frogs, lizards, insects, etc., and eat some wild fruits. When they pounce on their prey, the long, hairy tail helps them keep their balance, and the white hair on the tip of the tail can confuse the enemy and disturb the enemy's line of sight. The image of the fox in the story must not behave the same as the fox.

The local distribution of foxes

1. Firefox: Firefox, also known as red fox, red fox, grass fox, etc., is the most widely distributed and is found all over the world. In China, there are northern foxes and southern foxes. Northern foxes are distributed in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi and other places. Southern foxes are distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

2. White fox: White fox, also known as arctic fox, blue fox, etc., has a strong regionality and is distributed inside and outside the northernmost Arctic Circle in Asia, Europe and North America, hence its name.

3. Sand fox: as the name implies, it is a fox used to living on the edge of the desert and semi-desert areas, distributed in Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Russia, northern Afghanistan and other places in China.

4. Tibetan fox: Tibetan fox has a narrow distribution and is unique to Xizang in China. in addition, it is also sporadically found in Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu. The study found that Tibetan fox is a variety of Firefox.