Island fox is a small fox that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California.
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11 Facts About Island fox
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Four island fox subspecies were federally protected as an endangered species in 2004, and efforts to rebuild fox populations and restore the ecosystems of the Channel Islands are being undertaken.
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Small size of the island fox is an adaptation to the limited resources available in the island environment, or island dwarfism.
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Island fox is significantly smaller than the related gray fox, and is the smallest fox in North America, averaging slightly smaller than the swift and kit foxes.
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Island fox has gray fur on its head, a ruddy red coloring on its sides, white fur on its belly, throat and the lower half of its face, and a black stripe on the dorsal surface of its tail.
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The female island fox gives birth in a den, a typical litter having one to five pups, with an average of two or three.
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The island fox eats fruits, insects, birds, eggs, crabs, lizards, and small mammals, including deer mice.
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The Island fox tends to move around by itself, rather than in packs.
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The island fox communicates using auditory, olfactory and visual signals.
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However, the pigs on Santa Cruz Island were killed by the Nature Conservancy on the idea that they drew the eagles to the foxes.
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The island fox population has been negatively affected by trapping and removal or euthanasia of foxes by the United States Navy.
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