kit fox
noun
1
a
b
: a fox (Vulpes macrotis) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico with exceptionally large ears and a black tip on the tail
2
: the fur or pelt of a kit fox
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In a 2020 survey of the site, biologists found more than 150 dens used by desert kit foxes.
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Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
The sanctuary houses many other birds who can’t fly, as well as a three-legged kit fox who also needs special accommodations.
—Jaimie Ding and Jae Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
The dens are then destroyed to prevent the kit foxes from using them again as the panels are erected, according to the documents.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, kit fox dens are being increasingly destroyed by large-scale industrial energy development.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
This includes the San Joaquin kit fox and the Lange's metalmark butterfly.
—Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Free-roaming dogs have also been known to attack wild animals, too — including endangered species such as kit foxes and desert tortoises.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
As of January, the company knew of just two tortoises killed — one that may have been hit by a car, and another that may have been entombed in its burrow by roadwork, then eaten by a kit fox.
—Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
The mitigation lands are now reverting back to habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, blunt-nosed leopard lizards, burrowing owls and other at-risk species.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
The sanctuary houses many other birds who can’t fly, as well as a three-legged kit fox who also needs special accommodations.
—Jaimie Ding and Jae Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
The dens are then destroyed to prevent the kit foxes from using them again as the panels are erected, according to the documents.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, kit fox dens are being increasingly destroyed by large-scale industrial energy development.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
This includes the San Joaquin kit fox and the Lange's metalmark butterfly.
—Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Free-roaming dogs have also been known to attack wild animals, too — including endangered species such as kit foxes and desert tortoises.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
As of January, the company knew of just two tortoises killed — one that may have been hit by a car, and another that may have been entombed in its burrow by roadwork, then eaten by a kit fox.
—Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
The mitigation lands are now reverting back to habitat for San Joaquin kit foxes, blunt-nosed leopard lizards, burrowing owls and other at-risk species.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
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“Kit fox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kit%20fox. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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