Determination of Age and Whelping Dates of Live Red Fox pups

Authors

Alan B. Sargeant, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Stephen H. Allen, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Douglas H. Johnson, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research CenterFollow

Date of this Version

1981

Comments

Published in The Journal of Wildlife Management 45(3):1981.

Abstract

Public concern for large carnivores, high longhair fur prices, and recent findings of predator-prey investigations have increased interest in the management of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). A technique for assigning individuals to age-classes is necessary to understand the population dynamics and behavioral interactions of this species.