swift fox

noun

1. a small fox, Vulpes velox, of the plains of W North America Also calledkit fox

Example Sentences

But just moments before he faded away, a bushy-tailed Swift Fox no bigger than a house cat swiped him up and gobbled him.

From Scientific American

Tribal elders speak nostalgically of the long-gone Swift Fox Society, which prized the secretive, rarely seen animals and used their pelts and tails to adorn hair braids and costumes.

From Seattle Times

“Prairie dogs, wolves, swift fox, red fox, black-footed ferrets.”

From Seattle Times

White already has trappers in several states working to catch bobcats, gray fox, swift fox, more coyotes.

From Salon

Their carcasses support swift fox, golden eagles, grizzly bears, wolves, all the way down to beetles and nematodes.

From Salon