Omnivores
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Name: |
Gray Fox |
| Description: | The gray fox is a
peppery gray on top, reddish-brown on its sides, chest and back of
the head. Its legs and feet are also a reddish color. It has a
long bushy tail with a black stripe on top, pointed ears, a pointed
muzzle and long hooked claws. |
| Habitat: | The gray fox lives
in a wide variety of habitats, but prefers areas with lots of brush
or woods. |
| 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
cotton-tail rabbits. It also eats birds, insects, and plants like
corn, apples, nuts, berries, and grass. In the summer and
autumn grasshoppers and crickets are important parts of its
diet. |
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Name: |
Grizzly Bear |
| Description: | The grizzly
bear is also known as the brown bear. It has fur that ranges from a
cream or silver color to an almost black color. Some grizzly
bear's fur is tipped in a lighter color than the rest of its
fur. This gives the fur a grizzled look and is how the bear
got its name. The grizzly bear has a slight hump above its
shoulder and can weigh between 350-1500 pounds. |
| Habitat: | The grizzly bear
lives along rivers and coastal areas, mountain meadows, and in the
tundra. In parts of Europe and Asia, the grizzly can be found in
forests and mountain woodlands. |
| Diet: | It eats berries, roots, fungi, grasses, fish, carrion, small mammals, and insects. It is very good at catching fish. Some Grizzlies in the Rockies like moose and elk, some of the larger animals. |
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Name: |
Red Fox |
| Description: | The red fox has
orangish-red fur on its back, sides and head. It has white fur under
its neck and on its chest. It has a long bushy tail tipped in
white, pointed black ears and black legs and feet. |
| Habitat: |
The red fox
makes its home in wooded areas, prairies and farmland. |
| Diet: | It is an omnivore and its diet includes fruits, berries, and grasses. It also eats birds and small mammals like squirrels, rabbits, and mice. A large part of the red fox's diet is made up invertebrates like crickets, caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles and crayfish. |