num_pages: 180
description: In this engaging introduction to the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), J. David Henry recounts his years of field research on this flame-colored predator. With its catlike whiskers, teeth, and paws, as well as vertical-slit pupils, the North American red fox not only resembles but often behaves like a feline, especially when hunting. Probing the reasons for these similarities, Henry reveals the behavior and ecology of a species that thrives from the edge of suburbia to the cold northern tundra.
language: English
title: Red fox: The Catlike Canine
titlecomplete: Red fox: The Catlike Canine (Smithsonian Nature Book)
genres: Science, Animals, Nature, Nonfiction, Natural History
ratings_count: 88
publisher: Smithsonian Books