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Vulpes vulpes
Silver Fox (a melanistic Red Fox), seen along the side of the road. Very tame.
Spotted on Oct 6, 2011
Submitted on Oct 13, 2011
19 Comments
I can see I missed this while I was on vacation! Beautiful Fox!
This is a fantastic spotting. Would it be possible to re-frame the photo -- say from the original digital image -- so that it better fills the brown window, and generates thumbnails where the extremities are not truncated?
In response to AshishNimkar and Thurd13, contrary to what the Wikipedia article says, this is not a selectively bred animal in captivity. This is simply selective breeding over a long period of time in the wild. The dark form must have provided advantages with respect to camouflage, as it is considered fairly common in some areas of the north.
Wonderful!
nice pic, Great Colors, make a handsome pet eh?
thank you,
Yes, very interesting info Ashish. Thanks for that....explains the different coloring.
Wonderful photos, beautiful colors. Love the expression/eyes.
Have you seen the Missions? This is a good spotting for Best Wildlife Mission and possibly more if there are local ones to your region.
Welcome to Project Noah! Great shots.
Interesting...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticate...
unusual!
Second pose is so natural...!!
Cute one... Why it look so worried...?
Was it alone away from its group..?
Great photos! Amazing blend of colors...
I love foxes. This one is exceptional. Great spotting!
Great photo - welcome to project noah!
Wow an incredible sight! Beautiful
Fantastic spotting! Welcome to Project Noah, kpkuipers!
Very nice!
Great photos, and such an unusual fox!
Gorgeous!!! Great spotting!!!!!!