Red foxes are what you usually see in Florida, but they are not always red. Sometimes they look black or silver, but they always have white on the tips of their tails. A red fox is about three feet long from its nose to the end of its bushy tail, but it only weighs about 10 pounds. It looks like it should weigh more, but most of that size is fluffy fur. In the wild, red foxes usually only live about 5 years.
Man is their main predator.
Foxes are hunted for sport, hunted for their fur coats, shot by farmers, or hit by cars. Red foxes used to be hunted by bobcats, lynxes, panthers, and wolves, but there are not many of those predators left. When a red fox is scared, he doesn't usually go into a den. Instead, he depends on his speed and intelligence to help him escape the dangerous animal. Red foxes live in most areas of the US and Canada, except the southwest and parts of Texas and Alaska.