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Ezo Red Fox also has a rather bushy, mid-sized brown tail that is tipped in a darker brown color. | Ezo Red Fox also has a rather bushy, mid-sized brown tail that is tipped in a darker brown color. | ||
|reallife=The Ezo Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) is a subspecies of [[Red Fox]] native to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Russian island of Sakhalin and the disputed island territories of Kunashiri and Etorofu located between Japan and Russia. It also inhabits the Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Saitama as a harmful alien species. | |reallife=The Ezo Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) is a subspecies of [[Red Fox]] native to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Russian island of Sakhalin and the disputed island territories of Kunashiri and Etorofu located between Japan and Russia. It also inhabits the Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Saitama as a harmful alien species. This fox was named after the island of Hokkaido, which was formerly known as Ezo. | ||
During the winter, Ezo Red Foxes living in Hokkaido eat Red-backed Voles and fish as their main pray. Other pray animals include | During the winter, Ezo Red Foxes living in Hokkaido eat Red-backed Voles and fish as their main pray. Other pray animals include [[Mountain Hare|Mountain Hares]], Long-clawed Shrews, livestock, Chickens, and a verity of other bird species. As the Ezo Red Fox is omnivorous, these foxes also consume plant matter. Potatoes, beets, berries, and dead grass compose majority of the plant matter consumed by an Ezo Red Fox, the latter of which making up 61% of most consumed plant matter. Ezo Red Foxes living in Hokkaido’s Shiretoko National Park are also known to seek food given to them by tourists as a secondary source of sustenance, especially when little natural prey is available. | ||
As an invasive species, the Ezo Red Fox has the potential to damage the natural environment of Chiba and Saitama prefectures. The presence of this fox puts the native Japanese Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica) in direct competition with the Ezo Red Fox for food and territorial resources. Ezo Red Foxes are carriers of the cyclophyllid tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis which could be spread to the native animals of the region. There is also a risk of the Ezo Red Fox and the Japanese Red Fox undergoing hybridization if the populations interbreed. | As an invasive species, the Ezo Red Fox has the potential to damage the natural environment of Chiba and Saitama prefectures. The presence of this fox puts the native Japanese Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica) in direct competition with the Ezo Red Fox for food and territorial resources. Ezo Red Foxes are carriers of the cyclophyllid tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis which could be spread to the native animals of the region. There is also a risk of the Ezo Red Fox and the Japanese Red Fox undergoing hybridization if the populations interbreed. | ||
[[File:Vulpes_vulpes_laying_in_snow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|An Ezo Red Fox laying in the snow in Hokkaido, Japan.]] | [[File:Vulpes_vulpes_laying_in_snow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|An Ezo Red Fox laying in the snow in Hokkaido, Japan.]] | ||
|reference=* Abe, Hisashi. "Winter Food of the Red Fox, Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki KISHIDA (Carnivora : Canidae), in Hokkaido, with Special Reference to Vole Populations." Applied Entomology and Zoology, vol. 10, no. 1, 1975, pp. 40–51. J-STAGE, doi:10.1303/aez.10.40. | |reference=* Abe, Hisashi. "Winter Food of the Red Fox, Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki KISHIDA (Carnivora : Canidae), in Hokkaido, with Special Reference to Vole Populations." Applied Entomology and Zoology, vol. 10, no. 1, 1975, pp. 40–51. J-STAGE, doi:10.1303/aez.10.40. | ||
* Tsukada, Hideharu, and Nariaki Nonaka. “Foraging Behavior of Red Foxes Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki Utilizing Human Food in the Shiretoko National Park, Hokkaido.” Mammal Study, vol. 21, no. 2, 1996, pp. 137–151. J-Stage, doi:10.3106/mammalstudy.21.137. | |||
* "Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki." Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki / Invasive Species of Japan, National Institute for Environmental Studies, www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10300e.html. Accessed on 12th, January, 2018. | * "Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki." Vulpes Vulpes Schrencki / Invasive Species of Japan, National Institute for Environmental Studies, www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/10300e.html. Accessed on 12th, January, 2018. | ||
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