Ezo red fox

noun

A red fox of subspecies Vulpes vulpes schrencki, endemic to the Japanese and Russian islands in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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nounEzo red fox (plural Ezo red foxes)

plural Ezo red foxes

  1. A red fox of subspecies Vulpes vulpes schrencki, endemic to the Japanese and Russian islands in the Sea of Okhotsk.

    A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu.

    1980, National Geographic Society (U.S.), National geographic, →OCLC
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