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Appearance

The northern swift fox has a sandy yellow gray coat with a black tipped tail. It weighs from 4 to 6 pounds and is 15 to 20 inches.

This animal is found in Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Michigan.

The swift fox likes deserts and plains.

The swift fox likes to eat rats, mice, and insects.

They mate between December and February. The gestation period is around 2 months; most litters contain 4 or 5 pups.

This animal is endangered because cars hit it and people kill them for their coats.