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Swift foxes are opportunistic predators, which means that they eat whatever is available. Their most important food items are mice, cottontail rabbits, and carrion, or dead and decaying animals, although they eat a range of other small mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and amphibians.
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Swift Fox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Swift fox ( Vulpes velox ) is a small light orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Fox
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Rabbits, mice, ground squirrels, birds, insects, lizards, grasses, and fruits
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_swift_fox_eat
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The Swift Fox is a member of the dog family and related to the coyotes, wolves, dogs and other foxes. The Swift fox is extirpated from Manitoba. There is a small group of 150-200 on the southern prairies ... The Swift fox eats small animals, reptiles, amphibians, meadow larks and lark buntings. They will also eat fish,
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www.wsd1.org/RalphBrown/Endangered%20Animals/swift_fox....
www.wsd1.org/RalphBrown/Endangered%20Animals/swift_fox.htm
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Swift foxes are predators, hunting a variety of small mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians. However, they are very opportunistic feeders because they may also eat carrion. In the wild, swift foxes spend much of their time in search of food.
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www.whozoo.org/AnlifeSS2001/darlvong/DV_SwiftFox.htm
www.whozoo.org/AnlifeSS2001/darlvong/DV_SwiftFox.htm
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Status: The swift fox is now endangered in 90% of its historical habitat range. The reasons for the disappearance of swift foxes in both Canada and the U.S. are uncertain, but strychnine-poisoning, intensive trapping (in the past), and habitat destruction are thought to be the primary causes.
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www.thewildones.org/Animals/swiftFox.html
www.thewildones.org/Animals/swiftFox.html
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Swift Fox,vulpes velox, information about it's disappearance and reintroduction in Canada ... Food: Swift foxes hunt continually from dusk to dawn, covering great distances each night. They eat what they can catch, including small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, grasses and berries.
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raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/fox.html
raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/fox.html
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Swift foxes often tend to be docile, unafraid, curious and inquisitive which renders them vulnerable to a number of mortality agents. They are small, and therefore exposed to a host of potential avian and mammalian predators.
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www.canids.org/PUBLICAT/CNDNEWS3/swiftfox.htm
www.canids.org/PUBLICAT/CNDNEWS3/swiftfox.htm
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Please be advised that the Species at Risk site and the SARA Registry have been integrated. Please update your bookmarks: ... Veuillez prendre note que le site Web «Espèces en péril» et le Registre public de la LEP ont été intégré. Veuillez modifier vos signets :
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