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(8,217 posts)Please correct me if I am wrong.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)Biology
Fox skeleton
General morphology
Foxes are generally smaller than other members of the family Canidae such as wolves, jackals, and domestic dogs. For example, in the largest species, the red fox, males weigh on average between 4.1 and 8.7 kg (9.0 and 19.2 lb),[4] while the smallest species, the fennec fox, weighs just 0.7 to 1.6 kg (1.5 to 3.5 lb).[5] Fox-like features typically include a triangular face, pointed ears, an elongated rostrum, and a bushy tail. Foxes are digitigrade, and thus, walk on their toes. Unlike their dog relatives, foxes have partially retractable claws.[6] Fox vibrissae, or whiskers, are black. The whiskers on the muzzle, mystaciae vibrissae, average 100-110mm long, while the whiskers everywhere else on the head average to be shorter in length. Whiskers (carpal vibrissae) are also found on the forelimbs and average to be 40mm long, pointing downward and backward.[2] Other physical characteristics vary according to habitat and its adaptive significance.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I thought I heard it in NPR once, but I don't trust my memory.
hunter
(38,310 posts)Their ancestry, no.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I want one!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)Much smaller than a cat (about 3 lbs.), native to North Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox They are canids but are said to be cat-like (they even purr, kind of), more so than the common red fox, to which they are only distantly related.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)Thanks.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Not even the Japanese could "cute-up" such an adorable critter.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)area51
(11,906 posts)that some foxes almost look like a sort of cross between a dog and a cat.