The molar structure emphasizes crushing. The manus has 5 claws and the pes 4 claws. The red fox is essentially an omnivore. It mostly eats rodents, lagomorphs, insects and fruit. They will also eat carrion.
Red foxes have a characteristic manner of hunting mice.
The fox stands motionless, listening and watching intently for a mouse it has detected. It then leaps high and brings the forelimbs straight down forcibly to pin the mouse to the ground. The annual estrous period of female red foxes last from 1 to 6 days. Ovulation is spontaneous and does not require copulation to occur. Males will fight during the breeding season.