What is a silver fox? Is it the arctic white fox?
No, silver fox, also known as silver-black fox, belongs to Carnivora. Most of the needle hair fibers on the body surface are black, white near the tip and black at the tip. White needle hair is evenly mixed in the whole body coat, mostly gray fluff and pure white tail. Silver fox molts/kloc-0 times a year, generally starting from March to April every year, stopping in summer, continuing to molt in July and August, and the winter hair matures from 11to 65438+February. Silver fox has developed hearing and smell, and is timid and alert. In the wild, they mainly prey on rabbits, voles, fish, birds, shrimps, frogs and some mollusks. Silver fox is a seasonal estrus animal, which only gives birth to 1 fetus every year. It takes 9 ~ 1 1 month for silver foxes to reach sexual maturity. Generally, they start estrus mating in June 5438+0 ~ March every year, maintain pregnancy for 52 days, and give birth in March ~ May, with an average of 4 ~ 5 young foxes per fetus, with a maximum of 10 per fetus. Adult silver foxes can reach 5.5 ~ 7.5 kg, and female silver foxes can reach 5 ~ 7 kg. Their life span is 10 ~ 12 years, and the planting period is generally 6 ~ 8 years. Source: Modern animal husbandry technology