It has large ears and a very narrow, pointy muzzle. The kit fox weighs about 4 or 5 pounds and stands about a foot tall at the shoulder. It has a large, bushy black-tipped tail, and is otherwise buff-colored. Kit fox: This is the smallest of our foxes - really only the size of a house cat. A black stripe runs along the top of its long, bushy, black-tipped tail. The gray fox has a grayish coat with rufous-colored hairs on the ears, neck, legs, and underside. Gray fox: The gray fox can be distinguished from the coyote by its smaller size - it weighs in at around 5 to 9 pounds. The tracks are much smaller than those of a domestic dog of the same size. Wiry and with long, slender legs and small feet, a desert coyote usually weighs only 15 to 25 pounds. You’ll never see a fat coyote in the wild. The fur color varies from grayish to light brown, with a buffy or white underbelly. Spanish names: coyote, zorro gris (gray fox), zorrito norteña (kit fox)Ĭoyote: A coyote resembles a medium-sized dog with a long, bushy black-tipped tail, big ears, and a pointy face. This fox is a great digger, and any area occupied by kit foxes will be pocked with dozens of den holes. The kit fox is also more carnivorous than the coyote or gray fox, depending on kangaroo rats for most of its diet. The little kit fox inhabits the dry, open flats and is more nocturnal, so it is not often seen by people. It hunts in and sometimes sleeps in trees, and has even been seen napping in the arms of a saguaro.
This fox doesn’t dig as much as coyotes do, but it is our only canid that regularly climbs trees. The gray fox is the quieter relation, going about its nocturnal hunting without attracting as much attention as does the coyote.
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