The fox

📖 In short

The fox is a clever member of the dog family, with a bushy tail, a pointed nose and upright ears. It lives in forests, fields, deserts and even near towns, on almost every continent. In stories, the fox is always sly and cunning.

🤩 Did you know?

A red fox can hear a mouse 30 meters away.
A newborn fox cub weighs about 110 grams.
A fox cub opens its eyes about 9 days after birth.
A fox wraps its bushy tail around its body to keep warm when it sleeps.

🔎 Find out more

🌟 Amazing hearing

A fox can hear a mouse moving under the grass or snow from far away, so it leaps high into the air and pounces on it with its front paws.

🔍 Many foxes

The red fox is the most widespread; the Arctic fox turns white in winter to hide in the snow, and the little fennec fox lives in the Sahara and has huge ears.

💡 It eats everything

Foxes eat mice, rabbits, birds and insects, and also fruit and berries. If a fox finds extra food, it buries it to come back for later.

🎯 A home underground

A fox family lives in an underground den. The cubs are born with their eyes closed and stay in the den until they're a little bigger and come out to play.