Can coyotes and fox crossbreed? Driving home today, I saw a fox cross the road right in front of me. It stopped on the shoulder and I saw it very well. It was definitely the biggest red fox I've ever seen, and the tail was grey, like a coyote's. In size, it would have been midway between a fox and a coyote.
Coyote/fox crossbreed?
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Down here the coyotes kill the foxes. I have heard of wolves breeding with coyotes . Be interesting to see what others say.
That's kinda what I thought, but the critter I saw really made me re-think that. I wish I had had my camera.
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Look anything like these guys? These are known as cross foxes. I have taken two of these over the years while varmint hunting. Both pelts disappeared mysteriously at the Taxidermist's shop?? I know they were red foxes but I couldn't remember how they got the cross fox name. They are not X breeds. This is the Wiki description of them to clarify....
The cross fox is a partially melanistic colour variant of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) which has a long dark stripe running down its back, intersecting another stripe to form a cross over the shoulders. It tends to be more abundant in northern regions,[1] and is rarer than the common red form, but is more common than the even darker silver fox.[2]
The cross fox is a partially melanistic colour variant of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) which has a long dark stripe running down its back, intersecting another stripe to form a cross over the shoulders. It tends to be more abundant in northern regions,[1] and is rarer than the common red form, but is more common than the even darker silver fox.[2]
Look anything like these guys? These are known as cross foxes. I have taken two of these over the years while varmint hunting. Both pelts disappeared mysteriously at the Taxidermist's shop?? I know they were red foxes but I couldn't remember how they got the cross fox name. They are not X breeds. This is the Wiki description of them to clarify....
The cross fox is a partially melanistic colour variant of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) which has a long dark stripe running down its back, intersecting another stripe to form a cross over the shoulders. It tends to be more abundant in northern regions,[1] and is rarer than the common red form, but is more common than the even darker silver fox.[2]
Very very neat spank....... but aren't crossfoxes and reds the same size?
Could he be talking about a red wolf?
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- The Conservative part of Ontario
Typical wild fox are not very big, but those that are citified, that is they are eating garbage, or being fed can get quite large.
That makes sense. I just had never seen one before. Thanx
They always believed coyotes and wolves COULD interbreed-- they belong to the same genus (and some argue they are merely subspecies of each other). Foxes are from a completely different genus with a different number of chromosomes so they can never produce viable offspring.
Wow spank, I would not be ok with this, I think if that happened to me the taxidermist might be getting skinned.
I've seen this guy....
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Our trapping instructor brought one exactly like this for us to skin during the class. He was a fur buyer and he said he got it off a couple guys for $10.00 or $20.00. He said it was a crossed coyote.
He said they were very rare and he was keeping it for his collection when it was done.
Coolest dog I've ever seen.
Our trapping instructor brought one exactly like this for us to skin during the class. He was a fur buyer and he said he got it off a couple guys for $10.00 or $20.00. He said it was a crossed coyote.
He said they were very rare and he was keeping it for his collection when it was done.
Coolest dog I've ever seen.
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Yes never bring them to a taxidermist that is a buddy as well was the lesson I guess. My stuff just kept being put off until it disappeared. He claims his wife cleaned out the freezer and must have thrown them out along with a ruffed grouse I had given him to do, it had cinnamon coloured ruffs in the neck and a cinnamon coloured tail band. Quite rare up here but apparently more common in the States. I never brought him any more to do after that....took my stuff elsewhere. Wish now that I had taken pics of them.
Quite a bit of red on this dude
Yep, that's pretty darned close to what i saw, except the tail was grey. Size and whiskers were wrong for a fox, but it wasn't big for a coyote, so it made it hard to tell. For those familiar with Ottawa, I saw it on the Rockcliffe Parkway, between the RCMP stables and Green's Creek. Last winter, I saw 3 coyotes out on the ice in Orleans. Maybe when FrouFrou the little fleabag and the house pussy start to disappear, people will start to demand thinning of the herd.
