at dogpark - fox? or coyote?

[CagneyDog]

We have a huge coyote problem around here and we see several coyotes a week. It's so hard to tell from the pictures. I think the tail is wayyy to long to be a coyote's. However it doesn't look a fox either, I always thought fox's tails were fluffy?

[lute]

it looks like a fox. too bad you couldn't get a better pic.

about a month ago i was lounging on my porch. i ended up falling asleep and was awoke by a fox licking my hand! it was probably the best thing i've ever encountered.

[Vette]

Thats a Fox.

maybe it was moving so fast that the camera blurred a lot of details together. like you get with a lot of action shots with fast moving 'targets'. and thats why its tail doesnt look so bushy.. ect.

also some Foxes vary in color and size. like the Red Tailed Fox i think is the most furriest Fox there is.. and with the bushiest tail(during the winter) and the Gery Fox has way less fur then with less bush on the tail compaired to the Red Tailed Fox. theres even an Artic Fox.. whith a brown coat during spring/summer.. then during winter.. its coat goes snow white. and then theres Bat Eared Foxes(or Fenche Foxes) those are so cute.

heres a picture of a Red Tailed on the move in summer.



and heres a pair of Red Tails during winter. notice the difference in coat?

[buttercup132]

lmao it looks like a kangaroo!!!!

[bark_some]

It looks like a Fox to me, but I'm no expert. What would a young wild animal be doing on a trail? Hopefully she wasn't hurt, and hopefully she wasn't lost.

[elizabethann]

If you look at the face on the second picture, it looks like a cat. I'm think Bobcat? It's not a fox. Fox have bushy tails (at least the ones where I live do). Do you have Bobcats in your area?

Just my .02 cents.

[Alysser]

It looks like a fox to me. It has the coloring of a fox. Yet, the skinny tail puzzles me!

[Jessika]

lol you guys, foxes can have skinny tails as someone above posted pics, it shows you

[Uabassoon]

If you look at the face on the second picture, it looks like a cat. I'm think Bobcat? It's not a fox. Fox have bushy tails (at least the ones where I live do). Do you have Bobcats in your area?

Just my .02 cents.

It can't be a bobcat. They don't have tails.

After seeing the picture that Vette posted I really think it's a fox.

[Alysser]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out Jessika lol! I am so stupid

[CagneyDog]

But why is the tail so long? None of the fox pictures that were posted have really long tails!

[Toby's my baby]

Looks like a fox to me too!

[Jessika]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out Jessika lol! I am so stupid

You're not stupid, you just over looked the pics!

[shais_mom]

Looks like a fox to me . Do you have cougars in your area? Except for the hairy tail looks long legged enough to almost makes me think of one.

I live about 20 miles of where cyber sibes lives and we do not have any cougars around here.

Do you have Bobcats in your area?

Negative for that also




It is most likely a fox but rather long legged - so it could be a young coyote. Or a coy - dog - all are very thick around here.

When I lived at home we had a fox bust thru the screen in a hold under out house and attempt to make a nest. It was very very sick looking and had to be disposed of.

[jesse_3]

That looks like the fox up here in Nort'ern Minnesota! Our fox don't have very bushy tails at all. Then again, look at squirrels, one has a HUGE fluffy tail, then you come across one that looks like you took a lawn mower to the tail!

Steph and the gang