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Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox · アカギツネ)
🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) (subspecies Vulpes vulpes peculiosa)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Because it is documented to live in cities and farmland as well, it is an animal that can be seen near human settlements.
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 14 kg is lighter than a 20 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Red Fox is a canid living in a wide range of places from forests, grasslands, and mountains to farmland and cities.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its head-body length is 45.5–90 cm, its tail is 30–55.5 cm, and its weight is 3–14 kg.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is an omnivore that eats mice, rabbits, insects, and fruits, and also feeds on carrion. It breeds once in 1 year and has a gestation period of 51–53 days.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
In the National List of Species of Korea, the subspecies Vulpes vulpes peculiosa is listed as Class I endangered wildlife (Korea).
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2021) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23062/193903628
- • 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅰ급 (아종 Vulpes vulpes peculiosa) — 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053305 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053305
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • Korean protection status: Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) (subspecies Vulpes vulpes peculiosa)
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1005977
- • iucnredlist.org — 193903628
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053305 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053305
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000212944 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000212944
- • wikidata.org — Q8332
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Portrait of a red fox in Rautas fjällurskog (cropped).j
- • animaldiversity.org — Vulpes vulpes
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Anthony Caravaggi · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.