. B629M Fig. 1.—A silver fox bred in captivity. Note the tip of the tail, which is white in all phases of the ordinary red fox. red. Fortunately, experience has shown that when silvers are bred in captivity the tendency to produce reds can be overcome by selective breeding. The average red fox has the throat, breast, and belly white, and the sides and upperparts mainly red, this color being pure across the shoulders and on the nape of the neck but sparsely mixed with white on the back and sides. Close inspection discloses that the red and white are only on the surface, and that the fur beneath
. B629M Fig. 1.—A silver fox bred in captivity. Note the tip of the tail, which is white in all phases of the ordinary red fox. red. Fortunately, experience has shown that when silvers are bred in captivity the tendency to produce reds can be overcome by selective breeding. The average red fox has the throat, breast, and belly white, and the sides and upperparts mainly red, this color being pure across the shoulders and on the nape of the neck but sparsely mixed with white on the back and sides. Close inspection discloses that the red and white are only on the surface, and that the fur beneath is almost black on the upperparts and dusky gray on throat and belly. It shows also that the fine hair or wool constituting the underfur is tipped with red and that, as a rule, the coarse guard hairs have a 1 Genus Vulpes,
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