General Information: Kit Foxes (Vulpes macrotis) are small dogs with over-sized ears and a long, fluffy tail with a black tip. Overall, the color is gray on the back and tail, and reddish on the face, belly, and legs.

Kit Foxes can be confused with Gray Foxes. Gray Foxes, however, are larger, have more-normal sized dog ears, and they have a black stripe along the top of the tail.

Taxonomy: Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae.

Technical Description:

Breeding: Mates in the spring; raises young into the summer.

Diet: Eats bugs, mice, and other small creatures.

Range: Kit Foxes occur throughout lower-elevation arid areas in the western US from the Great Plains in southern Canada south into Mexico.

Kit Fox burrows often occur in clusters. Here, a large area is affected by their digging, and there are several burrows or burrow entrances.