Foxes live throughout Europe, Asia, North America and North Africa.

The fox is a carnivorous mammal and belongs to the canine family. Depending on the species, the size of this animal is up to 90 cm in length, and the weight can reach 10 kg.

The fox is distinguished by an elongated graceful body, an elongated muzzle, pointed ears and a fluffy tail. Large and elongated ears help foxes pick up sounds, and a long tail helps to maintain balance while running and protects from the cold.

The fur of foxes most often has a yellow, sandy or red color. In summer, the fox sheds, and by winter it grows a new coat, thick and lush, necessary to protect against the cold. The winter coat of this animal is long and beautiful. In ancient times, fox hair was even equated with money.

The fox is a predator, it feeds on small rodents - mice, ground squirrels. It is generally accepted that rabbits are the favorite food of foxes, but this is not entirely true. Because of her short legs, it is difficult for her to catch up with such a fast animal as a hare. Although the fox is capable of reaching speeds of up to 50 km / h, it cannot pursue prey for a long time.

In addition to rodents and hares, the fox loves to eat birds, eggs from ruined nests, fruits and berries.

For hunting, foxes choose the dark time of the day or early morning. The fox relies mainly on touch and smell. Her eyes, although adapted to see in the dark, do not distinguish colors.

In winter, the fox is engaged in mousekeeping. This hunt requires all her dexterity, excellent hearing and quick wits. The fox is able to hear the animal over 100 m. She listens to the movement of a rodent under the snow and, as soon as she detects it, rises on her hind legs and, bringing her front paws close, dives sharply into the snow. If the thickness of the snow cover is small, then the fox simply digs it up and takes out the field mouse.

Having caught the prey, the fox does not chew the meat, but gnaws it into small pieces and swallows it.

Foxes are incapable of stockpiling, so if they catch a rodent but are full, they just play with the prey like cats until the rodent stops showing signs of life. Because of this feature, people used foxes in fruit fields to exterminate pest pests.

Foxes mostly lead sedentary life. Young individuals go no further than 20-30 km from the parental den. These animals prefer open areas, they are rarely found in wooded areas. Foxes live in a hole that they dig on the slopes of hills or floods of rivers. Several passages are made into the hole, which lead through long tunnels to a common nesting place. In it, foxes sleep and raise puppies.

Foxes find a mate to raise their offspring together. Puppies are born once a year. One brood can have up to 16 puppies. Fox cubs are born blind, toothless and deaf. After two weeks, they already begin to see, hear and bark. The mother feeds the babies with milk. Gradually, parents teach them to hunt and eat meat food.

The life span of foxes in nature is up to 10 years. In a zoo, a fox can live up to 20-25 years.

Questions about the report:

1. Where are foxes found?
2. What do they eat?
3. What is the name of the fox's house?
4. How many babies are born and how often?
5. How long do foxes live?

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Description of the fox

Baby, today I will tell you about the fox.

Guess a riddle:

A very clever trick

Covers traces deftly,

Her red tail is a beauty!

And her name is (Fox).

The fox is a very beautiful animal. She has a soft and fluffy coat, which can be from gray-yellow to fiery red. The paws are black and the chest is white. In winter, the animal's coat becomes thicker and warmer.

The tail of the fox is very fluffy and beautiful. The muzzle is long and narrow. The scent is very well developed, she feels all the smells, and by smell she can find where the hare or mouse ran away. And the hearing of the fox is also very good, she hears what is happening in another part of the forest.

Foxes live in burrows that they dig for themselves or occupy the dwellings of other animals. From the inside they line their minks dry grass, moss and wool. Therefore, they are warm and comfortable there.

The fox family is like this. Dad is a fox, mom is a fox, and the children are foxes who live with mom and dad in a hole, love to play and frolic, and when they grow up, they go hunting with their parents.

Foxes feed on mice, rabbits, hares, after rain they dig up worms. They also catch fish or crayfish in the river. They also love to eat birds. Without fear, a fox can climb into a chicken coop and steal a hen or chicken. Can eat berries and vegetables.

From fairy tales, you probably already know that the fox is a very cunning animal, she comes up with all sorts of tricks and tricks, covers her tracks with a fluffy tail and confuses them so that it is difficult even for dogs to find her. If the hedgehog curls up so that the fox cannot eat it, the cunning beauty can roll the hedgehog into the water with her paw.

What fox stories do you know?

• Wolf and fox.
• Kolobok.
• Fox and cockerel.
• Fox and hare.
• Fox and crane.
• Fox and thrush.

The fox is one of the most beautiful predatory animals. She has a graceful elongated body, slender legs, a long fluffy tail. Head with pointed muzzle and large erect ears.

Common fox photo.

The fox is about the size of a small dog. The body length of an adult is from 60 to 90 cm, the length of the tail is from 40 to 60 cm. The weight of a fox usually does not exceed 10 kg. Foxes living in northern latitudes are often larger than their southern counterparts.

The fur of the fox is long and fluffy, for the most part colored red. belly more often white color, less often - black. The further north a fox lives, the brighter its color. Sometimes in nature there are foxes with an unusual color - black-brown, white. During the year, foxes molt twice, changing their fur either for winter - thick and long, then for summer - rare and short.

Spreading

The habitat of the common fox is very wide. It is found in Europe and Asia, North America and North Africa. Foxes live in different landscapes - in forests and steppes, in deserts and tundra, in mountains and on flat terrain. But still they prefer open spaces with copses and ravines.

Fox in the forest photo.

Lifestyle

Foxes live in pairs or families. They usually lead a sedentary lifestyle, occupy a site on which they hunt and arrange a dwelling for themselves for the night and breeding. In deserts and tundras, where long distances have to be covered in search of food, foxes migrate from one place to another.

Foxes dig deep holes in the ground with narrow passages and a wide nesting chamber. They usually make their burrows on the slopes of ravines or hills, protected by dense grass and shrubs. Often, not one, but two or even more passages lead to the nesting chamber. This allows foxes to run away from pursuers in case of danger.

Fox with cubs near the hole photo.

The fox is a very cautious and intelligent animal, she easily leaves the chase, skillfully confusing the tracks and resorting to all sorts of tricks. The fox has a good sense of smell and hearing, thanks to which it easily detects its prey. The fox is able to make sounds reminiscent of the yapping barking of a dog.

Nutrition Features

Foxes are predators, so their main diet consists of animal food. Foxes prey on both small animals (voles, mice, hamsters) and larger ones (hares and roe deer cubs). On occasion, the fox will not refuse to catch a bird or a chick, it can willingly eat eggs from a nest found in the grass. With a lack of food, the fox can eat carrion.

Most often, voles, small mouse-like rodents, become prey for foxes. Usually they make up the main menu of foxes, especially in winter, when food is scarce and very difficult to get. In winter, the fox has developed its own way of hunting for small rodents, which is called mouse. This method consists in the fact that the fox listens to the rustles and sounds under the snow, and when he hears the squeak of a vole, he quickly jumps headlong into the snow, tears it apart with his paws and tries to catch the rodent.

Fox hunting photo.

Sometimes foxes drag poultry from the yards - geese or chickens, but this does not happen too often.

AT warm time foxes supplement their diet with plant foods - berries, herbs, fruits.

fox breeding

Foxes usually breed once a year. To that important event animals are prepared in advance - even in winter. Foxes find suitable places for holes and guard them from others.

Several males can take care of one female at once. They often fight among themselves, seeking the favor of the female.

The male chosen by the female becomes a good family man. He takes care of the female, helps her to improve the hole, and when the foxes appear, he participates in their upbringing.

A fox's pregnancy lasts from 49 to 58 days. After that, from 4 to 13 fox cubs are born. Cubs are born blind and deaf, but at the age of two weeks they begin to see and hear, by the same time their teeth erupt.

Fox cubs photo.

The fox feeds the cubs with milk for a month and a half. Gradually, fox cubs are accustomed to ordinary adult food. To do this, foxes have to hunt a lot to bring prey home.

If something happens to the fox father and he dies, then some other fox who has no offspring takes over his care. He takes care of both the female and the cubs.

When the cubs grow up, their parents take them hunting with them and teach them how to get food. By autumn, the cubs become independent and leave the parental hole.

short information about the fox.

What can you tell a child about a fox

Sotnikova Valentina Nikolaevna - teacher-speech therapist MADOU "Center for Child Development - Kindergarten No. 33 "Rainbow" of the city of Gubkin, Belgorod Region.
The material is recommended for parents of older preschoolers.

For preschoolers about the fox

1. Describe in detail appearance animal:
The fox's fur is reddish with a golden sheen, the tail is long and fluffy, the muzzle is elongated, the ears are large, erect, the paws are slender, thin. The fox fur coat is very beautiful: sometimes fiery red, sometimes scarlet, sometimes reddish-brown. At the tip of the tail, the fur of the fox is white. Not only for beauty. When in the evening, in the dense forest, the cubs run after their mother, the white tip of the tail serves as a guide for them, does not allow them to get lost. With the onset of winter cold, the fox outfit becomes lush and warm. Thick hair grows on its paws, it seems that the fox has put on felt boots.
2. Introduce the fox lifestyle:
During the day, the fox hides in a deep hole, which he arranges in dense forest. Sometimes a fox occupies a badger's hole. At night, the fox goes hunting. In summer, there is plenty of food for her. The fox eats both beetles and frogs, catches lizards, ruins the nests of birds, twisted on the ground. Hunts for hares and water rats, looking for nests of field mice. In summer and autumn, when berries ripen in the forest, fruits ripen, the fox enjoys eating them.
In winter, life in the forest stops, and voles become the main fox food. The fox has a very sensitive ear and sense of smell. She wanders around the field and listens for mice squeaking in their holes under the snow. If the fox smells the mouse, it will sneak up quietly, and then jump high, loudly hitting the snow with all four paws. Mice, frightened by the noise, jump out of the mink, and the fox quickly catches them in the snow. This is how the fox moves. In winter, the fox can also visit the village. If the chicken coop door is not closed tightly, it will climb red cheat and take the chicken. In spring, helpless cubs appear in the fox hole. Both the fox father and the mother fox raise fox cubs. Dad vigilantly guards the hole, goes hunting, gets food for a large family. The mother fox never leaves her cubs for a minute. The cubs grow quickly, after two weeks they open their eyes, and after another week or two they play merrily in the forest clearing near the hole, fuss, growl, yelp, just like puppies. If a fox hole is discovered by a person, the fox takes the cubs to a safer place. The fox gives the first hunting lessons to the kids.
The dangerous enemy of the red fox is the wolf. In those places where there are many wolves, foxes are almost never found.
3. Learn with your child:
The fox is a wild predatory animal. The fox sleeps in a hole. The fox has cubs. Fox family: father - fox, mother - fox, cubs - foxes.
The fox eats mice, frogs, lizards. Catches hares, wild ducks, steals chickens.
Vocabulary work:
1. Describe the appearance of a fox.
2. Name the fox family: fox, fox, cubs
3. Where does the fox sleep? - in the hole
4. What does a fox eat? - beetles, frogs, lizards, mice, hares, berries, chickens, catches ducks in ponds, etc.
5. How does a fox prepare for winter? - The fox does not stock up. The color of the fox does not change, but with the onset of winter cold, the fox coat becomes warmer and more magnificent.
Learn the riddle with your child:
The tail is fluffy, the fur is golden,
Lives in the forest, steals chickens in the village

Lisa is always busy with something. The cheater has no free time at all. Look around, look around, she has no time. But one day, magical events made her take a fresh look at the world ...

Fairy Tale "The Fox and the Walking Boots"

There lived a fox. She once found walking boots in the forest. Who lost? The fox took them to the hare. He refused to take it, said that he was running so fast, he didn’t need walking boots.

The fox thought, and offered walking boots to her chatterbox friend magpie, but she said that it was more convenient to fly without boots.

Then the fox herself put on the magic boots and went to the magic forest. In the magical forest, she flew like a bird. The fox looked down and wondered how beautiful it was! Then she went to her native forest. “How did I not notice the beauty that surrounded me every day before? It was worth being in a magical forest to understand how beautiful the world is!

Questions and tasks for the fairy tale

What magical item did the fox find in the forest?

To whom did the fox offer walking boots?

In which forest did the fox fly?

What discovery did the fox make for himself?

The main idea of ​​the tale is that the world is really beautiful. Sometimes, in order to understand this, you need to put on magic boots and find yourself in a magical forest. But it sometimes happens that the magical forest is no different from the real one. The forest is always a little magical. What events are taking place there, behind tall pines, centuries-old oaks and sprawling birches? Various. This is from the realm of mystery ...

What proverbs and famous expressions fit the fairy tale?

Beauty is sweeter than simplicity.
Beauty is not a burden, but a joy.
Life is beauty. Admire her!