Characteristics
The fox is a dog-like animal about the size of a small border collie, with a pointed nose, large triangular ears and a long, bushy, white-tipped tail. It has rich golden-reddish yellow fur, black feet and legs, white chest and underparts, and it weighs five to 10 pounds.
Habitat
Mixed farmlands and woodlots, preferably the brushy fringe bordering on marshes or tilled fields and pastures. Also found in deep woods and on sand dunes.
This small member of the wild dog family is found throughout Prince Edward Island. It has a reputation, largely undeserved, for being a poultry killer. Though the odd fox will make a practice of raiding poorly guarded chicken coops, this animal farm more commonly hunts mice, snowshoe hares, shrews, woodchucks, chipmunks, weasels, rats and ground-nesting birds. Not wasteful, it catches extra kills for later use. Other foods include turtles and their eggs (also birds' eggs), earthworms (picked up after heavy rain), insects, and many kinds of wild berries and fruit. Like domestic dogs it also eats small amounts of grass regularly. Frogs and toads are a delicacy.
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