Diet
The gray fox is a solitary hunter and eats a wide variety of foods. A large part of its diet is made up of small mammals like mice, voles and
eastern cottontail rabbits. It also eats birds; insects; and plants like corn, apples, nuts, berries and grass. In the summer and autumn, grasshoppers and crickets are an important part of its diet.
Life Cycle
Mating season is between January and April. About 53 days after mating, the female gives birth to one to seven pups. The male helps feed the pups. They are weaned when they are about three months old and are able to hunt on their own when they are four months old. The pups leave their mother in the autumn. The same males and females usually mate together every year.
Behavior
The gray fox can climb and occasionally it forages for food or rests in a tree. It makes its den in rocky crevices, caves, hollow logs, and trees. It sometimes enlarges a woodchuck burrow and uses it as a den. Dens are usually used only during the mating season and when raising young.
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