Baby Red Fox

My Dad took this picture yesterday. He has a fox den in the woods near his house. He has seen at least three baby foxes around the den as well as the mother. We ordered a remote trigger cable so we could set a camera on a tripod near the opening of the den in hopes of getting a good pic of the babies. Still waiting on the cable but I don't think we can get a shot much better than this.

Nice shot of a cute and inquisitive cub.

What a cutie!

Dad got a few more this afternoon. Awesome shots!

Wow...lucky to see these little creatures. Beautiful shots!

great shots so lucky to have it close to the house keep us up to date please

Your foxes look remarkably like ours. Any idea of the Latin name? Ours is Vulpes vulpes crucigera. Not sure if the early settlers from Enland took foxes with them.
Nice pics.

nice shots. Keep more coming.
That remote release will be perfect in this instance.
Tom

scrumpy wrote in post #5465255
Your foxes look remarkably like ours. Any idea of the Latin name? Ours is Vulpes vulpes crucigera. Not sure if the early settlers from Enland took foxes with them.
Nice pics.

"In North America the Red Fox is native in boreal regions, introduced in temperate regions.[5] There is a recent fossil record of Red Foxes in boreal North America, and one subspecies of these native boreal foxes extends south in the Rocky Mountains.[6] In temperate North America, Red Foxes are derived from European Red Foxes, which were introduced into the Southeastern United States around 1650-1750[7][8] for fox hunting,[9], and from there to California for the fur trade. The first introduction is attributed to Robert Brooke, Sr., who is said to have imported 24 Red Foxes from England.[10]. The introduced European Red Fox may have interbred with the scarce indigenous population to produce a hybrid population.[11]
Three subspecies of Red Fox are found in India: Vulpes vulpes montana (the Tibetan Red Fox), found in Ladakh and the Himalayas, Vulpes vulpes griffithi (the Kashmir Fox) found in Jammu and Kashmir less the Ladakh sector, and Vulpes vulpes pusilla (the Desert Fox) found in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and in Kutch, Gujarat. A subspecies, the Japanese Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica) migrated from India to China and eventually to Japan, where the Red Fox is also known by the Japanese name kitsune (狐)."

Great, great captures... Congratulations on your set-up... Don't hesitate to crop these a bit... They are terrific.

HOBO_sm wrote in post #5468097
"In North America the Red Fox is native in boreal regions, introduced in temperate regions.[5] There is a recent fossil record of Red Foxes in boreal North America, and one subspecies of these native boreal foxes extends south in the Rocky Mountains.[6] In temperate North America, Red Foxes are derived from European Red Foxes, which were introduced into the Southeastern United States around 1650-1750[7][8] for fox hunting,[9], and from there to California for the fur trade. The first introduction is attributed to Robert Brooke, Sr., who is said to have imported 24 Red Foxes from England.[10]. The introduced European Red Fox may have interbred with the scarce indigenous population to produce a hybrid population.[11]
Three subspecies of Red Fox are found in India: Vulpes vulpes montana (the Tibetan Red Fox), found in Ladakh and the Himalayas, Vulpes vulpes griffithi (the Kashmir Fox) found in Jammu and Kashmir less the Ladakh sector, and Vulpes vulpes pusilla (the Desert Fox) found in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and in Kutch, Gujarat. A subspecies, the Japanese Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica) migrated from India to China and eventually to Japan, where the Red Fox is also known by the Japanese name kitsune (狐)."

Thanks Hobo for the research. Looks like we have the same species.

My head just exploded from cuteness.

Wonderful!

KAC

great shots, they look adorable

Awwww.........