FOXES
Mammal      -    Vertebrate     -     Carnivore

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RED FOX

Male   ........................................  Dog.  Tod. Reynard
Female   ....................................  Vixen
Young   ......................................  Cub.  Kit. Pup

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SIMILES

• As cunning as a fox
  
• As sly as a fox
  
• As sly as an old fox
• As sneaky as a fox in a hen house
  

Foxes ...

• Are members of the dog family
• Can retract their claws, like cats
• Live in forests, mountains, grasslands and cities
• Live for 2-3 years, even longer in captivity
• Eat berries, fish, worms, spiders, mice and birds
• They will often play with their catch, before they kill it
• In cities, they will eat rubbish
• Home is called a 'den'
• Newly born cubs are blind, deaf and unable to walk
• Main predator is human beings

There are 12 species of fox

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. An earth of foxes
   
2. A lead of foxes
   
3. A leash of foxes
   
4. A skulk of foxes
   
5. A troop of foxes
   

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IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. A sly fox
2. Crazy as a fox
   
3. Out fox
   
4. To be foxed
5. To shoot someone else's fox
6. Quick brown fox

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GREY FOX

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