Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Lived: Introduced to Australia for sporting purposes in the 1860s
Size: Length (head and body): 75cm
Description: The Red Fox, a placental carnivore, was introduced to Australia in the early 1860s. With no natural predator in Australia it flourished, finding plenty of small native mammals, birds and reptiles to eat. Today it is a pest species living from the deserts to city edges across Australia, although not in tropical areas or in Tasmania.
Fossils: There are no Red Fox fossils in Australia.
Did you know?: In places where there are Dingoes, Red Fox populations are smaller than where there are no Dingoes.
