# Talk:Red fox

I'm highly concerned that there is another Fox species in the horn of Africa maybe there is a Somali fox species because animals don't have passports and don't have borders and every day we're discovering a new species and foxes are very resilient since they can survive blazing deserts and freezing tundras so there can be a chance of a new fox species 2001:8F8:1425:CE51:3172:A0C1:5E30:4B86 (talk) 13:08, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

wait does that mean that they would be able to evolve to be able to live in a crowded city? or is it that food would be to scarce to where they would just leave even if they mutated Davidbobwinski5432 (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

in chapter 'Hunting': This looks like there is one "0" too many in the number for Germany, doesn't it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:3033:60D:1A87:3DA3:9D5C:372E:CA07 (talk) 

It is correct per the given reference. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:46, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Originally the sentence read "It is absent in Greenland, Iceland, the Arctic islands, the most northern parts of central Siberia, and in extreme deserts." and was referenced to https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23062/193903628#geographic-range. However, that source says that it is found in Greenland and Iceland so I've removed that. At the same time the source clearly states that they are not found on Arctic islands. Yet the map in the source clearly shows that Baffin Island, a well known Arctic island, is part of their range. Additionally, https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/103/3/586/6516595 says that they are to be found on Bylot Island and Herschel Island, both Arctic islands (https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/iqaluit-residents-report-run-ins-with-foxes/ contains a picture by one of the researchers taken on Bylot). So what is the actual range?
What caught my attention was that I have seen both red and silver foxes Silver fox (animal) on Victoria Island in the Ulukhaktok, but that's just anecdotal. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 19:12, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

The main image is a good diagnostic image of a red fox, although the resolution is not very high. (1,285 × 964 pixels.)

This image is a QI and could be cropped for the species box 
Rather than replacing the main image I supplemented it with a portrait that is also a Featured Picture. That edit was reverted.   The Red Fox has 45 subspecies, and both images that I have mentioned are of the pennsylvanicus subspecies.  The main image does not have to have a North American bias for a species present on for continents.
I am sure there are other wonderful images in the commons too.  This is another Featured Picture. 
Perhaps someone, not me, would consider changing the main image or supplementing it with a solid second image. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:25, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Red Foxes are not native to Vancouver Island - this should be updated on the map. ~2025-31399-61 (talk) 13:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)