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|reallife=The Ezo Red Fox is a subspecies of [[Red Fox]] native to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Russian island of Sakhalin and the disputed Kuril Islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu. It also inhabits the Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Saitama as an invasive species. The Ezo Red Fox was studied in 1924, on Sakhalin, by Kyukichi Kishida, who gave the fox it’s formal Japanese name, Kitakitsune. The “Ezo” in Ezo Red Fox comes from its Hokkaido range, which was known as Ezo until 1869. | |reallife=The Ezo Red Fox is a subspecies of [[Red Fox]] native to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Russian island of Sakhalin and the disputed Kuril Islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu. It also inhabits the Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Saitama as an invasive species. The Ezo Red Fox was studied in 1924, on Sakhalin, by Kyukichi Kishida, who gave the fox it’s formal Japanese name, Kitakitsune. The “Ezo” in Ezo Red Fox comes from its Hokkaido range, which was known as Ezo until 1869. | ||
In a winter study of their diets, Ezo Red Foxes living in Hokkaido were found to eat Red-backed Voles and fish as their main | In a winter study of their diets, Ezo Red Foxes living in Hokkaido were found to eat Red-backed Voles and fish as their main prey. Other prey animals included [[Mountain Hare|Mountain Hares]], Long-clawed Shrews, livestock, chickens, and a variety of other bird species. As red foxes are omnivorous, these foxes also consume plant matter. Potatoes, beets, berries, and dead grass make up the majority of plant matter consumed by the studied foxes, the latter of which composing 61% of most consumed plant matter. Ezo foxes living in Hokkaido’s Shiretoko National Park are known to seek food given to them by tourists as a secondary source of sustenance, especially when little natural prey is available. | ||
Ezo Red Foxes tend to mate from late January to mid February. Once a pair of Ezo foxes have copulated they will dig a tunnel den into a slope in the ground for raising their cubs, commonly around a clearing in wooded areas. Some Ezo foxes have been known to make dens out of man-made structures such as deserted houses. Pregnant Ezo fox vixens give birth around late March to late April. The denning period usually lasts until June. | Ezo Red Foxes tend to mate from late January to mid February. Once a pair of Ezo foxes have copulated they will dig a tunnel den into a slope in the ground for raising their cubs, commonly around a clearing in wooded areas. Some Ezo foxes have been known to make dens out of man-made structures such as deserted houses. Pregnant Ezo fox vixens give birth around late March to late April. The denning period usually lasts until June. | ||