Prairie Red-fox 



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There are several records of rabies among Foxes, but none dis- 

 of other epidemics, so far as I know. etc. ' 



The following affords important light on the age attained age 

 by this animal. 



Christian Sanderson, of Chadd's Ford, Pa., tells me 

 (October 30, 1905) that in March, 1897, an old dog Fox, 



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Fig. 196 — Life-study of the Fox that attacked the Porcupine, Colorado. 



locally famous as a runner, was trapped near the Ford. A 

 silver collar with inscription was put on his neck, and he was 

 released on the one-hundredth anniversary of Bayard Taylor's 

 fox-hunt in "Kennett." He lived and doubtless was hunted 

 many times until 1905, when, after a good run, he was killed 

 at a point 60 miles due south of Kennett. He was evidently 

 aged when killed. Thus he had run for 8 years after he was 

 fully adult. This agrees with the belief that a Fox is old at 

 10 years, and rarely reaches 15. 



