Red fox

Vulpes vulpes · Canidae

The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, and the most widely distributed member of the order Carnivora. It is present across the entire Northern Hemisphere, including most of North America, Europe and Asia, as well as parts of North Africa. Its range has expanded alongside human settlement, with the species having been introduced to Australia, where it preys on native small and medium-sized rodents and marsupials.

Where the Red fox lives

Recorded in Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, United States of America, Germany, Sweden, Israel and Norway (Europe, Oceania, North America and Asia).

Introduced, not native, in Ashmore and Cartier Is..

Most records fall in Flevoland, Gelderland, Zuid-Holland, Maryland, Kent and Bromley.

See the Red fox’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,353,600 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.