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the red fox's habitat might include forest edges, meadows and the bank of a river. The niche of the red fox is that of a predator which feeds on the small mammals, amphibians, insects, and fruit found in this habitat. Red foxes are active at night. They provides blood for blackflies and mosquitoes, and are host to numerous diseases. The scraps, or carrion, left behind after a fox's meal provide food for many small scavengers and decomposers. This then is the ecological niche of the red fox. Only the red fox occupies this niche in the meadow-forest edge communities. In other plant communities different species of animal may occupy a similar niche to that of the red fox. For example, in the grassland communities of western Canada and the United States, the coyote occupies a similar niche (to that of the red fox.)

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the red fox's habitat might include forest edges, meadows and the bank of a river. The niche of the red fox is that of a predator which feeds on the small mammals, amphibians, insects, and fruit found in this habitat. Red foxes are active at night. They provides blood for blackflies and mosquitoes, and are host to numerous diseases. The scraps, or carrion, left behind after a fox's meal provide food for many small scavengers and decomposers. This then is the ecological niche of the red fox. Only the red fox occupies this niche in the meadow-forest edge communities. In other plant communities different species of animal may occupy a similar niche to that of the red fox. For example, in the grassland communities of western Canada and the United States, the coyote occupies a similar niche (to that of the red fox.)

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15y ago
  • It's range is from the U.S to Manitoba/Ontario.
  • It eats most small herbivores and omnivores (mice, rabbits, apples, corn, wild grapes...). Usually a carnivore.
  • It's predators are humans, hunters, larger carnivores and disease.
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8y ago

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The fox preys on small mammals such as shrews, rats and mice, helping to keep their population down - especially in urban areas.

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10y ago

meadows, bank of a river, and forest edges, and such forth

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15y ago

As a nocturnal animal, it hunts at night.

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12y ago

as a nocternal animal, it hunts

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