By: Karen Shao #24 Evergreen ES Mrs. Chang 4 th grade

My SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vulpes Macrotis

My DIET: kangaroo rats cottontail rabbits black-tailed jackrabbits meadow voles hares prairie dogs insects lizards snakes fish ground-dwelling birds mice antelope squirrel vegetation & grasses

My APPEARANCE: large ears, inches, great hearing to beware of predators gray coat with rusty tints; back is darker while belly & inner ears are lighter; dark patches around the nose body is in. bushy, in. tail coat camouflages with surroundings

My Natural Enemies: coyotes red foxes large hawks owls eagles bobcats domestic dogs large raptors

My SELF DEFENSE: digging escape burrows where they hunker down until it's safe to come out

San Joaquin Valley (mostly on the southeastern part)

My PUPS: are born when the kit fox is about one year old are born in February or March emerge from underground when they are around one month of age usually have many brothers and sisters, as they are born ranging 2-6 pups taken care of by

My STATUS: declared endangered Defenders of Wildlife and other conservations working on how to revive San Joaquin kit foxes

My THREATS: changes in precipitation pattern, including reduced rainfall and increase changes of drought, all caused by climate change change in the Central Valley from open grasslands to farms, orchards, houses and roads causes greatest impact roads, orchards, houses, and farms lead to death, injury, illness, and difficulty finding a mate or food floods and suffocating because of cave ins

I am the smallest species of the fox to be found in America, weighing only 5 pounds I don’t need freshwater to survive, since it’s in my food. My large ears might help dissipate body heat and detect tiny noises/sounds. I’m one of a kind- an umbrella species(protecting my habitat will save other animals too)! I can move between 30 different dens and roam 9 miles in search of food at night. Carrizo Plain is where the largest kit fox, my relative, lives. nocturnal animals

Are you Really That Smart? Get ready for the...

A. carnivore carnivore B. omnivore omnivore C. herbivore herbivore D. carnivore and omnivore carnivore and omnivore E. all of the above all of the above F. none of the above none of the above

 to look pretty to look pretty  so we can look with our ears so we can look with our ears  to be aware of our terrifying enemiesto be aware of our terrifying enemies  to find some yummy foodto find some yummy food  all of the above all of the above  none of the above none of the above

A. always one pup always one pup B. 10+ pups 10+ pups C. no pups are born no pups are born D. 2-6 pups 2-6 pups E. all of the above all of the above F. none of the above none of the above

A. one year old one year old B. two years old two years old C. three years old three years old D. twenty years or older twenty years or older E. changes for every kit fox changes for every kit fox F. none of the above none of the above

A. coyote coyote B. owl owl C. eagle eagle D. red foxes red foxes E. all of the above all of the above F. none of the above none of the above

 3 miles 3 miles  8 ½ miles 8 ½ miles  13 miles 13 miles  9 miles9 miles  changes every once awhilechanges every once awhile  I don’t know. I don’t know.

A. Vulpes vulpes Vulpes vulpes B. Alopex Lagopus Alopex Lagopus C. Vulpes Velox Vulpes Velox D. Urocyon Littoralis Urocyon Littoralis E. Vulpes Macrotis Vulpes Macrotis F. I have no ideaI have no idea

A. precipitation patterns precipitation patterns B. roads roads C. orchards orchards D. houses houses E. A only A only F. B, C, and DB, C, and D G. A and DA and D

A. dig an escape burrow dig an escape burrow B. camouflagecamouflage C. flee (run) flee (run) D. hypnotize the predator hypnotize the predator E. differs time to time differs time to time F. I do not understand this I do not understand this

 largest species of all foxes largest species of all foxes  smallest species of all foxessmallest species of all foxes  average species average species  tiniest of all of Animal Kingdom tiniest of all of Animal Kingdom  largest of all animals largest of all animals  best of foxes best of foxes

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