black fox

plural black foxes

1. Synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin.

   This is particularly true of the black fox industry. The fur-value of a high-grade prime black fox skin ranges from about $500 to about $2,500

   1914, Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-bearing Animals; Jones, John Walter, 1878-, Fur-farming in Canada, Ottawa: Mortimer, →LCCN

   1 more example

   Prince Edward Island is the world's headquarters of “Silver Fox” ranching. It was here that the problems of domesticating and breeding the black fox were solved , and the development has attracted world-wide attention.

   2008, Kirsch, Sharon, 1960-, What species of creatures : animal relations from the New World, Vancouver: New Star Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC

   Synonyms: silver fox

2. rareSynonym of Blanford's fox

   Synonyms: Blanford's fox