384 WILD ANIMALS 
There are two forms of coyotes. One is larger and darker 
than the other and is sometimes called the Brush Wolf. It 
ranges as far west as eastern Dakota, while beyond that the 
smaller and paler Prairie Wolf is common. 
FOXES 
The foxes differ from wolves in having more bushy tails, 
a more slender form, and an elliptical instead of a round pupil 
of the eye. There are 
half a dozen kinds of 
foxes in North America, 
but in the northern 
states practically all 
that we have is the 
Red Fox; our only 
other species, the Kit 
Fox, being very rare. 
The Red Fox is the 
common fox of Europe 
and North America. It is distributed over a large portion 
of our continent from the Atlantic coast to Montana and 
Alaska, and though the shade of its coat varies somewhat, 
the typical color is a yellowish red. It is considerably smaller 
than the wolves, being only 13 inches high and 24 inches long, 
plus the bushy tail, which measures 13 inches. Its usual 
food consists of mice, ground squirrels, and gophers, and it is 
also very fond of poultry. It probably does more good by 
destroying pests than it does harm in the chicken yard. The 
Cross Fox and the Black or Silver-gray Fox are regarded as 
color-phases of the Red Fox. 
The Kit Fox or Swift inhabits the Great Plains from Mexico 
Rep Fox 
