These Two Foxes

By:  Darren Curt Jespersen

Even though the Swift Fox and the Red Fox are both carnivores, a closer look will show many differences.  Unlike the Swift Fox which is sixty to eighty centimetres in length, the Red Fox measures ninety to one hundred and thirteen centimetres in length.  The Swift Fox grows to a height that may vary from twenty-eight to thirty-one centimetres whereas the Red Fox’s shoulder height may vary from thirty-eight to forty-one centimetres.  The Swift Fox weights three to six pounds; however, the Red Fox’s mass can be up to eight to thirteen pounds.  Although the female Swift Fox has a litter number of three to six young, the female red Fox gives birth to one to ten kits.  It is now evident that these two carnivores are very different.