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Did you know that today there are just as many foxes living within the city limits as outside? This is because there are large amounts of food for the fox inside the cities. 

Fox

Family: The fox group, the canine family 

Weight: Approx. 6-8 kg

Lifestyle: Family group

Diet: Primarily mice, hares, rabbits, deer, birds, bird eggs and insects.

The fox belongs to the canine family, just like the wolf, the jackal, and the domesticated dog. The fox is also about the same size as a smaller dog, with its weight of between 6 and 12 kg and a length of about 110 cm from snout to tip of tail. 

The foxes primarily feed on animal food, i.e. mice, hares, rabbits, roe deer, birds, eggs and also insects. However, the fox also takes fruit, carrion and household waste. 

A distinctive appearance

The red fox, which lives in Denmark, is easily recognizable by its thick red-orange fur and long bushy tail. However, this fur is so characteristic that many Danes think every year that they see foxes suffering from scabies when the animals change their fur in April. Here the foxes start to moult and they can look thin and shaggy. 

Living among humans

The fox historically belongs to the open country, where its prey roams and where it can dig its fox burrow undisturbed. In recent times, however, the fox has increasingly adapted to life in the city, where it roams gardens, parks and urban spaces. In cities, foxes have sometimes become useful animals because they eat mice and rats, as well as animals that have been run over and weakened by disease. In addition to being pest fighters, foxes can also eat household waste, as well as chickens and rabbits from gardens.