Bibliography and Print Resources

Red fox, Vulpes vulpes (left) and gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus (right).

Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider. 1976. A field guide to mammals, 3d ed. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 289 pp.

Foreyt, W. J. 1980. A live trap for multiple capture of coyote pups from dens. J. Wildl. Manage. 44:487-88.

Fritzell, E. K., and K. J. Haroldson. 1982. Urocyon cinereoargenteus. Mammal. Sp. 189:1-8.

Dolbeer, R. A., N. R. Holler, and D. W. Hawthorne. 1994. Identification and control of wildlife damage. Pages 474-506 in T. A. Bookhout ed. Research and management techniques for wildlife and habitats. The Wildl. Soc., Bethesda, Maryland.

Krause, T. 1982. NTA trapping handbook — a guide for better trapping. Spearman Publ. and Printing Co., Sutton, Nebraska. 206 pp.

Samuel, D. E., and B. B. Nelson. 1982. Foxes. Pages 475-90 in J. A. Chapman and G. A Feldhamer eds., Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and economics. The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

Schwartz, C. W., and E. R. Schwartz. 1981. The wild mammals of Missouri, rev. ed. Univ. Missouri Press, Columbia. 356 pp.

Storm, G. L., R. D. Andrews, R. L. Phillips, R. A. Bishop, D. B. Siniff, and J. R. Tester. 1976. Morphology, reproduction, dispersal and mortality of Midwestern red fox populations. Wildl. Mono. No. 49. The Wildl. Soc., Inc., Washington, DC. 82 pp.

Storm, G. L., and K. P. Dauphin. 1965. A wire ferret for use in studies of foxes and skunks.

J. Wildl. Manage. 29:625-26.

Voigt, D. R. 1987. Red fox. Pages 379-93 in M. Novak, J. A. Baker, M. E. Obbard, and B. Malloch eds., Wildlife Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America. Ontario Ministry of Nat. Resour.

Images and Illustrations

Figure 1 from Schwartz and Schwartz (1981) adapted by Jill Sack Johnson.
Figures 2, 3, and 4 courtesy of Pam Tinnin.
Figure 5 courtesy of Bob Noonan.
Figures 6 and 7 courtesy of Tom Krause.

Contact Information

• Locate your local Cooperative Extension

• Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management

This website is based on the handbook for PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE. Please visit our website to find out more information about this invaluable resource and to find out how you can participate in the Wildlife Damage Management community.

Acknowledgments

We thank Norman C. Johnson, whose chapter “Foxes” in the 1983 edition of this manual provided much of the information used in this section. F. Sherman Blom, Ronald A. Thompson, and Judy Loven (USDA-APHIS-ADC) provided useful comments.

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