Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gray Fox Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Genus: Urocyon Species: cinereoargenteus Binomial name Urocyon cinereoargenteus The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a species of wild dogs, that is distributed from southern Canada through the USA and Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. Its colours are grey on the back, tawny on sides, neck and legs, and white on the belly. There is a black stripe along the back and the tail. Gray Foxes are forest dwellers, and together with the closely related Island Foxes they are the only canids able to climb trees. In the trees and on the ground they are hunting squirrels, mice and birds and foraging for berries and other vegetable diet. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.