Diet of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in south-western Queensland.

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Total Weight ◽  
Sheep Grazing ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Food Items ◽  
High Consumption

Examination of the stomach contents of 74 foxes from a south-western Queensland sheep grazing property revealed a diverse range of prey. Mammals formed the bulk of the diet representing 64% of the total weight of food items and occurred in 80% of stomachs. Sheep and kangaroo carrion were the main mammalian prey. Insects and other invertebrates were an important but lesser component of the diet. Dietary trends were heavily influenced by human activity, rainfall, and season. These results differ from those of other studies conducted in southern parts of Australia due to the large proportions of scavenged food items in the diet (63% by weight) and relatively high consumption levels of non-mammalian prey. The lack of a small to medium sized staple prey source in the study area, which were available in southern areas appears to be the reason for the foxes reliance on such a varied prey base.

The diet of red foxes, Vulpes vulpes L., in Victoria

1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJ Coman
Keyword(s):  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Red Foxes ◽  
Main Food ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Over Time

Stomach contents were examined for 1229 foxes collected in Victoria during 1968-70. Of these, 967 stomachs contained measurable quantities of food. The fox appears to have a very wide dietary range but is predominantly carnivorous. The main food items encountered were rabbits, sheep carrion, and mice. Lesser amounts of native mammals, birds, cold-blooded vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant material were encountered. For many foods, particularly insects, the intake was markedly seasonal. Regional differences in diet were also apparent. Much of the variation in intake of particular foods over time and between regions was explicable in terms of changing availabilities of these foods.

The Stomach Contents of Foxes, Vulpes Vulpes, Collected in New South Wales.

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
JD Croft ◽  
LJ Hone
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Domestic Fowl ◽  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Food Items ◽  
South Wales ◽  
On The Road

Foxes were killed in each of 4 seasons in the 5 years 1969-73 and a table gives numbers of stomachs with food for each year and season in each of 6 regions into which New South Wales was divided according to climate, vegetation and land use. Incidence of 11 food items or classes of food varied with region. An appendix lists precentage and volume of food items for the 811 foxes with food, out of the 899 that were killed. Main foods were rabbit, sheep and house mouse, by number and volume. The number of plant and insect items was high but the volume was low. Food included reptiles, amphibians, fish, grass and fruit. Foxes seemed to be opportunists and scavengers; food included feral pig and kangaroo when those were being shot locally, sheep carrion in the lambing season, mice during a plague of mice, domestic fowl, birds and animals probably killed on the road, and blackberries and apples in season. Insects included maggots, locusts and processionary caterpillars.

Primary osteoblast culture from red fox (Vulpes Vulpes)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Pedro Perpetuo ◽  
Alessandro Felder ◽  
Andrew Pitsillides ◽  
Michael Doube ◽  
Isabel Orriss
Keyword(s):  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
Primary Osteoblast ◽  
Osteoblast Culture

Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns

Mammal Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Fleming ◽  
Heather M. Crawford ◽  
Alyson M. Stobo‐Wilson ◽  
Stuart J. Dawson ◽  
Christopher R. Dickman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Patterns ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes ) as an Accumulator of Bones in Cave-like Environments

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Krajcarz ◽  
Maciej Tomasz Krajcarz
Keyword(s):  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Red Fox

Home Range Defense in the Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes L.

1975 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Preston
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Red Fox

Variation in fur farm and wild populations of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes (Carnivora: Canidae) — Part I: Morphometry

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Zatoń-Dobrowolska ◽  
Magdalena Moska ◽  
Anna Mucha ◽  
Heliodor Wierzbicki ◽  
Piotr Przysiecki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Selective Breeding ◽  
Red Fox ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Morphometric Traits ◽  
Red Foxes ◽  
Ear Height ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
The Right ◽  
Almost All

This paper demonstrates the influence of artificial selection on morphometric traits in the red fox [Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)]. Measurements and two proportion coefficients were analysed in 132 wild and 199 farm red foxes. The two groups differed significantly (P ≤ 0.05) on all but one of the measurements. Eight out of 11 measurements were significantly greater in the farm fox population, while only tail length, ear height, and length of the right hind limb were greater in the population of wild foxes. The opposite trend was observed when analysing variation in the measurements — the farm foxes were characterized by a greater variability only in the case of body weight, body length, and breadth of chest. When analysing the sexual dimorphism index in different sex and population groups, in almost all analysed traits, the greatest differences occurred between farm males and wild females. All of the traits examined in this study are important for survival of wild foxes. However, because importance of some traits was reduced during domestication and selective breeding (farm foxes do not have to fight for survival), the genetic relationship between them may have weakened. Other possible causes of morphological differences between the studied groups of red foxes are discussed as well.

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