- The Feminine Gender of the fox is a vixen.
Masculine gender is fox or dog and Feminine gender of fox is called vixen. TheFox belongs to dog family. Fox is wild and omnivores animals as it depends on plants as well as meat. Foxes give birth to young ones so they are mammals in nature. Mostly fox is active at night and hunt mostly in night time and they are light brown in color. There are types of fox staying in different regions. Red fox, arctic fox, fennec fox. The young ones are called ascubs, kit’s or pups. At a time vixen gives birth to 3-4 kits. The young one gets maturity in period of 10 to 12 months. They breed after the first year. Till 7 months the youngones stay with their mother and after that young one venture out their own. The shelter or the home of fox is called den. They may stay in cave or underground. Mostly they live in a group. Fox are known for their cleverness and cunning nature. Foxes has long tail and sharp ears, found al over the world as they can adapt in various environments. They can makes variety of noises to express themselves. When the fox lives together in group , that group is called skulk or leash. Talking about the size of fox than the size weight varies with breed of fox, red fox is 22 to 32 inches with tail 14 to 16 inches. Fox has long , sharp and pointed canines. Fox has sharp teeth , they kill other small animals for the food. One interesting thing about fox is that , it has amazing hearing capacity , they can hear a noise from 12 foot away. Fox can run 30 miles per hour.