7 day challenge Day 7: Blanford’s Fox for @etherealwhisper89 on Instagram.
This final fox is a "true" vulpes genus fox. Only a few inches larger than the length of a fennec fox, Blanford’s fox is found in altitudes up to 2000 meters in the mountains, steppes, and semiarid areas of Israel, Afghanistan, and most other middle eastern countries. They have hairless feet and curved claws that help with climbing and jumping in the rocky steep slopes. They are omnivores but have been reported to eat more fruits (like grapes and melons) than other foxes.
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7 day challenge Day 6: Ruppell’s Fox for @etherealwhisper89 on instagram.
A “true” vulpes genus fox, Ruppell’s fox, aka Ruppell’s sand fox, is found from northern Africa to the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan and lives in deserts of sand and stone. Like the Fennec fox, the Ruppell’s fox has fur on its feet to help protect it from sand and its ears emit the heat from its body. They compete for resources with the red fox. They are omnivores and depending on where they live, their diet can vary from eating mostly insects to small mammals, birds, and lizards. Grass, desert succulents, dates and other fruit. 7 day challenge: Day 5 Bat-eared Fox for @etherealwhisper89
Like the gray fox, the Bat-eared Fox is not a “true” vulpes genus fox and is instead in the genus Octocyon (it is also the sole member of this genus). It lives in Africa and, like the fennec fox, its ears help emit heat from its body. Those big ears also help the Bat-eared fox find its favorite food termites that make up 70% of its diet! It is mostly an insectivore eating dung beetles, their larvae, and grasshoppers. They also eat scorpions, spiders, millipedes, rodents, lizards, fruits, and eggs. 7 day challenge: Day 4 Gray Fox for @etherealwhisper89
Even though they are mistaken for red foxes, gray foxes are surprisingly not a “true” vulpes genus fox. This fox is in the genus Urocyon along with Island Foxes. The gray fox is the only American member of the dog family that climbs trees. 7 day challenge: Day 3 Tibetan Sand Fox for @etherealwhisper89
Another “true” vulpes genus fox found in the high altitudes of Nepal and Tibet. Planet Earth in 2006 was the first time the Tibetan Sand Fox was filmed. 7 day challenge Day 2: Fennec fox for @etherealwhisper89 on Instagram
The smallest of the “true” vulpes genus foxes, the fennec fox live in Northern Africa’s Sahara desert and keep cool with a nocturnal sleep schedule, fur on the bottom of their paws to protect from hot sand, and those 6 inch log ears that emit heat from their body. This is for @etherealwhisper89 on Instagram who gave me a 7 day challenge a few months ago. I finally finished!
The first time I tried, I got way too complicated 😅(which is not uncommon for me). The third day into the challenge, I did the Southern Hognose snake whose scales took me more than one day to work on (completely worth it though to get it to come out right). This time, I went back to the basics with a fox family series with no hidden images (unless you want to count my signature). This is Day 1: Red Fox (winter coat). The largest of the “true” foxes or vulpes genus. They live around the world adapting to many types of habitats. Red foxes come in various colors including but not limited to black, brown, and silver.
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