With keen eyes and ears, the red fox follows the faint sounds of the tiny vole as it moves through the grass. Suddenly the fox leaps into the air and pounces on its hapless victim. A quick bite and it's all over.

This fox is at home throughout the north in the spruce forests, subalpine areas of willow and the alpine tundra. In the far north the red fox gives way to the arctic fox. The red fox has a slender tapering muzzle, pointed ears, and a long luxurious bushy tail. The females are called vixens. Their coat is a rust red, with black stockings, white throat and chest.

This fox lives a solitary life and is territorial. They are usually non aggressive. After breeding the mated pair are inseparable and search the country side for a suitable den in which the vixen beds down to give birth. She usually gives birth to four young.