Desert Fox

Vulpes macrotis Merriam 1888

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Vulpes macrotis (Desert Fox) is a species of mammals in the family Canidae. It is found in the Nearctic and the Neotropics. It is a mammalivore. Individuals are known to live for 240 months and can grow to 4499.97 g. Reproduction is dioecious. Desert Fox relies on running to move around.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mammalivore
Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily mammals

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055
Definition: The act of locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that periodically none of the limbs are touching the ground.

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EOL has data for 30 attributes, including:

animal population density
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2383-1863
- Definition: Number of animals in a population relative to space.
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0.19 individuals per square kilometer
clutch/brood/litter size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001933
- Definition: Single birth offspring quantity. The proportion or number of offspring produced from a single pregnancy (mammals) or ovulation (fish) or nesting (birds).
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4.5
conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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Endangered
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/federalEndangered
- Definition: The organism has federal Endangered status in the United States of America.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Sciuridae (squirrels)
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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grassland
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000177
- Definition: A grassland biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its entire spatial extent, an unbroken layer of grasses (Gramineae), sedges (Cyperaceae) or rushes (Juncaceae).
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human population density
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HumanPopulationDensity
- Definition: The human population density within the geographic range of a taxon.
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0 individuals per square kilometer
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus 1758) (Golden Eagle)
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood 1875) (Sticktight flea )
potential evapotranspiration rate in geographic range
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PETinRange
- Definition: Monthly PET (Potential Evapotranspiration Rate) within the geographic range of a taxon. Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth's land surface to atmosphere. Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is a representation of the environmental demand for evapotranspiration and represents the evapotranspiration rate of a short green crop, completely shading the ground, of uniform height and with adequate water status in the soil profile. It is a reflection of the energy available to evaporate water, and of the wind available to transport the water vapour from the ground up into the lower atmosphere.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evapotranspiration&oldid=575637212
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1058.57 millimeters per month
precipitation in geographic range
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24.17 millimeters per month
temperature in geographic range
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13.539 0.1°C
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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240 months

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Desert Fox. View this species on GBIF

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