The wee ones (was Re: badassery)

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/17/2012 11:45 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Larry Sheldon<LarrySheldon at cox.net>  wrote:
>> baby foxes [are] "kits"
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> According to W:pedia,
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> The _kit_ fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species of North America. Its
> range is primarily in the southwestern United States and northern and
> central Mexico. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the
> swift fox, V. velox, but molecular systematics imply that the two
> species are distinct.

My belief and understanding is that a kit fox is member of Vulpes
macrotis, while fix kits are the young of any of several fox species.

But that kindasorta leads back to my question--how does one know,
because most of the on-line sources (even ones I find searching for
kits) all them pups or cubs.

http://digital-desert.com/wildlife/kit-fox.html
http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/fox+kits/prints

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