Fox - Fox

Japanese: キツネ(狐) - キツネ

A mammal of the Canidae family in the carnivora order. It has a body length of about 70 cm and a tail of about 40 cm. It resembles a dog, but has a thin, pointed snout and a thick, long tail. It is widely distributed in Eurasia and North America, and in Japan, the subspecies Ezo red fox lives in Hokkaido, and the subspecies Vulpes vulpes lives in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It lives alone from plains to high mountains, is nocturnal, and feeds on mice, rabbits, birds, etc. Fox farming has developed in North America and other places for the purpose of harvesting its fur, and it is called the red, crimson, cross, black, silver, and platinum fox. Its fur is used to make collar wraps.

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Japanese:

食肉目イヌ科の哺乳(ほにゅう)類。体長70cm，尾40cmほど。イヌに似るが，吻(ふん)は細くとがり，尾は太く長い。ユーラシア大陸，北米に広く分布し，日本では北海道に亜種キタキツネ，本州，四国，九州に亜種ホンドギツネが生息する。平地〜高山に単独ですみ，夜行性でネズミ，ウサギ，鳥などを食べる。毛皮採取のため北米などでは養狐業が発達し，赤・紅・十字・黒・銀・プラチナギツネなどの呼称がある。毛皮はえり巻にされる。

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