Kit Fox Skull Replica
$91.00
Kit fox skull replica is 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 in. The Vulpes macrotis skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a CAS specimen.
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Description
Kit fox skull replica measures 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 inches. The Vulpes macrotis skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
The kit fox is a small, nocturnal fox native to the arid environments of North America. They live across the arid zones of western North America.
Its territory stretches from the southwestern United States including southern California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas down into norther and central Mexico.
They thrive in open, flat deserts, shrub-covered basins, valley floors, and grasslands. They are masters of digging and rely heavily on deep underground burrow systems to escape the harsh desert heat.
The kit fox is one of the smallest fox species of North America. It has a sleek, light-colored coat that ranges from yellowish grizzly-gray with pale highlights on its underside.
Its most incredible feature is its pair of oversized ears. Their ears sit close together on their heads to help drain body heat and locate prey. The fox has a black nose, slim snout, and a bushy tail with a black tip.
Their primary diet is small desert rodents, including kangaroo rats, pocket mice, deer mice and prairie dogs. It readily hunts black-tailed jackrabbits, cottontails, nesting birds, lizards, snakes, beetles, and grasshoppers.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Family: Canidae
- Genus: Vulpes
- Species: V. macrotis
- Binomial name: Vulpes macrotis (Merriam, 1888)
- Conservation Status: Least Concern
Kitty, the kit fox skull replica, is getting up there in years and does not feel like hunting anymore. She has decided to raise her own rabbits in her backyard.
Dancer, the Island gray fox skull replica, thinks this is a great idea and is going over to Kitty’s house to help her build cages for the bunnies.
Zippy, the African cape fox skull replica, is going over just to socialize and is bringing lemonade.
Sandy, the pale sand fox skull replica, bought some pretty flowers to plant in the cage and a bale of hay for them to nest in.
Additional information
| Weight | 6.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 4.5 × 2.5 × 2.0 in |
