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San Joaquin Fox

By Katie C.





The San Joaquin kit fox lives mainly in scrubs and grasslands in California. Most live on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. the San Joaquin Kit Fox's Life span is 7 years. Their length at average is 31.7 in. for males and 30.3 in. for females. These foxes weight average is 5 lb. for males and 4.6 lb. for females. They are about 1 ft. tall. Now what they look like. The San Joaquin Kit foxes have long ears and a long tail. The ears are large and densely covered on the inside with stiff white hairs. Their summer coat is light buff to buffy gray on the back and their belly's are white. The winter coats for these little guys are grizzly gray on their backs, rust to buff on their sides and stays white beneath. Their tails have a back tip. They are the smallest in the Canidae family. San Joaquin Kit fox's diet is mainly small mammals such as mice, kangaroo rats, squirrels, and rabbits. They also eat grounded-nesting birds and insects. They are primiarly nocturnal. Their mating season is Dec.-Mar. Their gestation is 48-52 days and their liter size is about 3-5 pups. Both parents take care of their pup for 4-5 monthes. Their endangerment is caused by loss of habitat. Their habitats are being destroyed to make farmlands and developments. By the year 1979, only 6.7% of the San Joaquin Vally's original wild lands south of Stanislaus County remain untitled and undeveloped. Some threats are coyotes and automobiles. These foxes are Carnivores. Sometimes people that live in the around their habitat put out mice and rat poison, but instead of the mice or rats eating it the foxes are and they will die. That's why we need to save these San Joaquin kit foxes. Their are only less then 7,000 left in the world. You can save them by not building farmland and developments on or near their habitat. You can also tell the peole that live near their habitat not to use poisons.