We know how much you love foxes, so we decided to introduce you to some of the most beautiful and amazing types of foxes so that you can decide which fox will be your favorite!
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) usually comes to mind when you hear the word “fox,” which is only natural since they can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. However, species in this diverse and adaptable genus live throughout the world, each specifically adapted to its own environment.
If you love foxes and think they look better in nature than on someone's neck, then you will definitely love the look of all these foxes in nature!
Fennec Fox
Photos: Francisco Mingorance 
Fennec cats, native to North Africa and the Sahara Desert, are distinguished by their large ears, which are designed to dissipate their body heat. These ears give them such good hearing that they can hear their prey moving under the sand. Their creamy coat helps reflect heat during the day and retain it at night.
Red Fox
Photo: Roeselien Raimond 
Photo: Kai Fagerström 
Photo: Wenda Atkin 
The red fox is the largest, most widespread and, as a result, the most diverse species of all foxes. They can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, as well as in Australia. They are very agile hunters and can jump two-meter fences. (Photo: Roselen Raymond)
Marble Fox
The Arctic marbled fox is also a member of the red fox species, but its coloring is not something common in nature - people specifically bred these foxes for their skin. (Photo: Ewald Mario)
Gray Fox
(Photo: Variegated Vibes) 
The gray fox, native to North America, is distinguished by its salt-and-pepper coat and black-tipped tail. This fox is one of the few canids that can climb trees. (Photo: John Pane)
Black and brown fox (Silver Fox)
Photo: Shelley Evans 
The silver fox is actually a member of the common fox - they just have different variations in pigmentation. The fur of the black-brown fox was at one time one of the most valuable types of fox fur. They are still bred for their valuable fur. (Photo: Matt Knoth)
Arctic Fox
Photo: Daniel Parent 
Photo: Einar Gudmann 
Photo: William Doran 
Arctic foxes can be found in the Arctic Circle. Their thick fur allows them to withstand temperatures as low as -70 degrees Celsius. These foxes are characterized by relatively short legs and snouts, which allows them to reduce the surface area of their body and retain heat. (Photo: Cecilie Sonsteby)
Silver-black fox (Cross Fox)
Photo: Ben Andrew 
The silver fox is another species of the common fox. They are distributed mainly in North America. (Photo: Ben Andrew)
Photos of foxes taken in their natural habitat and short descriptions of the species will give you an idea of these colorful, furry wild animals.
Photo by: Roselyn Raymond
Photo by: Kai Fagerstrom
Photo by: Wenda Atkin
The red fox is the most widespread and therefore the most diverse species of all foxes. They can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and in Australia. These agile hunters are known to be able to jump over fences two meters high. (Photo credit: Roselyn Raymond)
Marble fox
Author of the photo: unknown
Author of the photo: unknown
The Arctic marbled fox is a subspecies of the red fox. It is not found in nature with this color; people raised it for its fur. (Photo credit: Ewald Mario)
Gray fox or tree fox
Photo credit: Variegated Vibes
The gray fox is common in North America. It is distinguished by its fawn-gray fur color with a black tip of the tail. This fox is one of the few dogs that can climb trees. (Photo credit: John Payne)
Black and brown fox or silver fox
Photo by: Shelley Evans
This is another variety of fox with a beautiful color ranging from completely black with a white tip of the tail to gray with a blue or brown tint. The silver fox is known as one of the most valuable fur-bearing animals. They are still bred and raised for their fur. (Photo credit: Matt Knoth)
Photo by: Daniel Parent
Silver-black
There are two known breeds of foxes that determine the color of the Silver-black and Black-brown foxes. The first arose among wild foxes in Canada, the second among foxes in Eurasia and Alaska. Therefore, in foreign literature, Silver foxes are often called Alaskan Silver-blacks.
Shades of Silver-Black Fox are classified as "very light", "medium light", "light", "medium", "medium dark", "dark", "very dark". However, no matter how dark or light the color, most often the ears, tail, muzzle, abdomen and paws will always be pure black.
Depending on the area of the body occupied by silver hair, the percentage of silver is determined: silver located from the root of the tail to the ears is taken as 100% (ears, paws, abdomen, tail and muzzle are usually completely black); for 75% - from the root of the tail to the shoulder blades; for 50% - from the root of the tail to half the body. The area of the body occupied by silver can be any (10%, 30%, 80%), but always begins at the root of the tail.
Hair in which only the top is colored is called platinum (in contrast to silver hair, in which the central part is colored). The presence of a large amount of platinum hair in the pubescence of foxes is undesirable. They are more susceptible to shaft breakage than silver ones, which leads to the development of pubescence defect - sectioning. The black ends of the hair form a veil over the silver area.
As we have already found out, there are 5 types of “silver”: Standard (AA bb), Non-standard/Sub-standard (Aa bb), Alaskan (aa BB), Sub-Alaskan (aa Bb), Double silver (aa bb). What's the difference?
Standard Silver-black was bred in Canada and later, during selection, more silver was injected into it. The Standard Silver is smaller than the Alaskan, the fur is silkier, the black color is rich and uniform.
Sub-standard Silver-black. Mixed Standard Silver-Black and Alaskan. Outwardly, it is almost no different from the Standard one.
Double silver- a cross between Standard and Sub-standard Silver.
Alaskan Silver-black. Before breeding work, Alaskan Silver was distinguished by a more faded, brownish shade of black. Today, it is almost impossible to distinguish the Standard Silver from the Alaskan, although it is believed that the Alaskan Silver still has brown tints, which makes the Standard Silver-black much more attractive in terms of fur quality.
Sub-Alaskan Silver-black- Alaskan Silver mixed with Double Silver. The quality of the fur is more similar to the Alaskan Silver-black.
Black. Pure black foxes are rare and rather silver-black ones with a lot of "silver" are preferred. Its quantity depends only on the influence of the genes responsible for it.
When crossing Silver-black or Black-brown foxes with red ones, the inheritance of color is intermediate - the offspring differs in appearance from both parents. But the color can vary significantly: whitefish (crosses), bastards and “smears” can be obtained.
SIVADUSHKA (KRESVKA)
Sivadushkas are characterized by a significantly greater development of black pigment than red foxes. They have a dark muzzle, with the exception of red spots near the ears; a dark stripe runs between the ears and down to the back and shoulder blades. Red spots remain around the ears, on the neck, behind the shoulder blades, resulting in the formation of a more or less pronounced dark cross on the shoulders. The black color sometimes extends to the abdomen. On the rump, the dark coloring extends down to the hind legs, but the areas at the root of the tail remain tan. Chest, belly, legs dark. All, even very dark, Sivadushkas have red hair on their backs in addition to black, which distinguishes them from Black-browns with highly developed red spotting.
COMMON CROSSING
Color category - natural color
Responsible factor: Silver-black + Red / Silver-black + Silver-black with fire gene / Red + Red with silver gene (or any other combination with the AaBb gene)
Nose black/dark brown. Eyes - yellow, hazel, brown or red (orange). The shade may be lighter/darker. The red/brown areas may be intense or rather faded.
The color is used to breed other colors, as it contains both the red and silver genes.
SMOKKY (BASTARD)
Bastards are similar in coloration to Red Foxes, but always have black spots on both sides of the upper lip (“whiskers”). The black coloring on the paws is much more developed and extends on the front paws to the elbow, and on the hind paws - along the front surface of the leg to the knee joint. A significant amount of black hair is scattered over the entire surface of the body and especially on the tail, which gives the color a thicker tone. The abdomen is gray or black. Eyes can be any color except blue and pink.
Color category - natural color. The responsible factor is: Red with a Silver gene (Basta"rd). (It is believed that this is a cross between a Red and Silver-black fox, but this has not been proven. So it is Red with a Silver gene.) Morphology (General): reach 20 kg. , length about 125 cm, height at the withers about 40 cm. Tail up to 70% of the total body length.
Wild foxes living in Europe, namely in the Western European part, are predominantly of this color.
At birth, Sivadushki and Bastards have the same coloring: they are dark gray, like black fox pups, and have only small brown areas near the ears and on the body behind the front legs. Red foxes also have gray pups, but the brown color covers the entire upper part of the head. Subsequently, the bastards, earlier than the gray ones, replace their gray hair with red hair. In red fox puppies, the change from gray to red hair is most intense.
"ZAMARAYKA"
The term of Kamchatka hunters. Widely distributed in Kamchatka, in those areas where black and brown foxes are found. "Zamarayki" have a great resemblance to bastards.
All of the listed varieties are very similar and at birth it is almost impossible to determine what color the adult fox will be. This becomes clear when the little fox sheds its baby fluff and begins to grow up.
People often associate the fox with cunning and deceit, with a red tail and a wary gaze. However, not everything is so simple. Our selection includes seven such different and such charming species of foxes, which differ from each other not only in color, but also in their character.
fennec
Fennec fox cannot boast of large size - this animal is smaller than a domestic cat. But the fennec's ears are the envy of all predators - almost half the length of the animal's body! Such ears help the fox to hear the rustling sounds of its prey - small insects and lizards that live in the sands of northern Africa. In addition, huge ears help to better cool the body during hot weather.
Red fox
Red fox is the most numerous common species among foxes. This animal can be seen throughout Europe, North America, India and China, as well as in Australia, where foxes were specially brought as natural enemies of overgrown rodents. Red foxes typically live in burrows. They can dig them themselves or can take over an empty hole of other animals: marmots, badgers or arctic foxes. However, there are cases when a fox takes up residence in someone else’s burrow, even though its owner has not yet “moved” to another place.
Marbled fox
Actually arctic marbled fox is a subspecies of the common red fox, artificially bred for its exotic fur.
Gray fox
Gray fox lives in North and Central America. They are known for being monogamous animals and living with their partner for the rest of their lives. In addition, this is the only fox that can climb trees.
Black and brown fox
Black and brown fox, or silver fox, differs from the red one only in that there are absolutely no red hairs in its color. Sometimes completely black, sometimes gray with a bluish tint, sometimes ashy - foxes of such exotic color are very popular in livestock farming, where they are used for fur.
polar fox
polar fox, also known as the arctic fox, is famous for its fluffy snow-white fur, which helps the animal withstand cold temperatures down to -70 C. However, in the summer this fox is unrecognizable - the arctic fox is the only one among foxes who changes its color, and in the warm season it becomes dirty brown colors.
Nizhny Novgorod resident Ksenia Mishukova keeps at home a very unusual animal - a white fox of the original Arctic marble color. We learned about the pet when the worried owner was looking for help on social networks - a young fox ran away from home. Fortunately, literally 10 minutes before our call, the lost one returned home on his own. But we couldn’t help but show readers what a cute little animal it is!
The name brought good luck to the little fox
It’s a great happiness that the fox returned home by smell; usually foxes don’t come back,” said Ksenia. - He is still young, stupid, he is only eight months old. Yesterday, while walking, I slipped through a crack under the fence. Someone (or maybe he himself) pulled back the partition that covered the gap. I looked for him all night. After all, there are so many dogs in the area, and not all people treat my pet well. The neighbor, when I asked her if she had seen Lucky, almost came out into the yard with a gun. He says he is wild and mad.
Ksenia with her favorite pet
In fact, the fox cub was bred in captivity. The owner has given the baby all the vaccinations, and he has a veterinary passport.
This is how the baby came to the owner
Lucky (from English luck - “luck”) was lucky from birth. It was bred for its fur at a fur coat factory in Belarus. But Ksenia changed his fate.
Lucky knows how adorable he is
I just somehow really wanted to have such a fox. I saw it and bought it. “You have to do at least one good deed in life,” the girl says embarrassedly.
Lucky is confused with a dog
Such a fox costs 15 thousand rubles. And, of course, it always attracts the attention of passersby.
Lucky can dance with his ear
“People think it’s a dog until they see the tail,” the owner smiles. - He is very kind, reaches out to people. He also has the habits of a dog - he waves his tail, rejoices and licks his hands when he meets you. Gets along with our cat.
Lucky has all vaccinations and a veterinary passport
These fox cubs eat high quality dog food or natural food - meat, vegetables, fruits, grains.
White domestic foxes come in a variety of colors - arctic merle, red merle, snow and white merle (pure white coat). Arctic merle foxes have predominantly white fur with a black pattern on the forehead, often resembling a crown or mask. The contours of the ears and eyes are outlined with black eyeliner. There is a black stripe on the back, it goes down from the shoulders to the end of the back, sometimes extending onto the tail. This is described on the website for the sale of fox cubs. Bandwidth may vary. Their nose can only be black, and their eyes can be brown, orange or yellow. Marbled foxes are known as "Arctic marble foxes" (not to be confused with Arctic foxes - Vulpes lagopus).
