Lalibon red fox

The Lalibon red fox (Vulpes vulpes palma), also known as the Kosna fox or Gold fox, is a subspecies of red fox endemic to the Lalibon Mountains. Lalibon red foxes share all characteristics with a typical red fox but have a lighter coat color in order to blend in with its drier environment, silver coats are not present in Lalibon red foxes. The lalibon red fox is endangered and a population of only 730 is left, they comprise about 57.03% of all red foxes in Kosna and about 42.4% of them live in the foothill hamlet of Cadovin in the southern portion of the Lalibon Mountains. 
== Description ==
The Lailibon red fox are almost extremely identical to the typical red fox but weigh lighter than a typical red fox. Their fur has a more tannish or gold appearance than a red or orange to blend in with the chaparral foothills and basins in the lowland regions of the Lalibon Mountains, but majority of them are now absent from the lowland regions of the mountains and can only be found in higher and mid elevations. 
== Distribution and habitat ==
=== Range ===
The Lalibon red fox is endemic to the Lalibon Mountains of Kosna and coexists with some endangered red fox (V. vulpes) populations. Though the Lalibon Mountains span into parts of Hartnett and Minuka, the Lalibon red fox is absent from those portions of the mountain range and can only be found in the Kosna portions of the mountains, mainly in the southern half where their highest densities exist in the popular tourist town of Cadovin where their population is around 310. Prior to the 1800s, some speculate that the Lalibon red fox is the same as any other red fox but many see them as a subspecies. Populations likely extended to 30,000 in the 1750s and dropped to just 730 due to overhunting, poisoning, trapping, habitat destruction, and spiking populations of culpeos, darolles, and jackals. Kosna was once seen to be home to the "perfect foxes." many royals from western and northern countries came down to the area of the Lalibon Mountains to hunt the foxes for their fur.
Category:Animals
Category:Carnivores
Category:Fauna of Parania
Category:Fauna of the Lalibon Mountains