Is the fox a national protected animal?

No. Ordinary foxes are not protected, but wild red foxes, white foxes and blue foxes are protected by law.

Foxes have keen sight, smell and hearing. Most foxes have a pungent smell, which is emitted by the smelly glands at the root of their tails. Fox, with long needle hair and soft and slender undercoat, is usually rich reddish brown or noble white. The tail is furry, slightly white, the ears and legs are black, and the ears are pointed, which looks like a dog. There is an glandular sac on each side of the anus, which can release strange smell.

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Generally, foxes change their hair once a year and begin to grow long hair in early autumn every year. In winter, the hair is thickest, and in summer, it begins to shed again.

In the first year, foxes will change their hair more, and then less. Newborn snow foxes often have black fetal hair, but generally after molting for the first time, the whole body will turn white and there is no miscellaneous hair. Firefox only shows red hair after the first molting.

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