do foxes howl?

[7wsmsav4yotes]

im just wondering becuase my school newspaper name is the "foxes howl" i know how lame! and it bugs me cuz im pretty sure foxes dont howl. and i wanna write a letter to the editor! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

 

[7wsmsav4yotes]

hm.. this wasnt suposed to be a trick question. haha does anybody really know if foxes howl?

 

[lonedog]

I have never heard one howl but the grey fox sure can growl and bark.

 

[7wsmsav4yotes]

i know they growl and bark, but im pretty sure they are incapable of howling like a coyote is?

 

[Tactical .20]

no howl, i've only heard barks.T.20

 

[simon_445]

Hey man, what school do you go to?


Simon

 

[Arcticfox]

Ha, I knew I wasn't wasting time looking these things up the other night! How about this, huh?:

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2002/hatfield/hatfieldvocalizations.html

 

[soreloser]

The Grey Fox yell-bark is the closest to a howl that you are going to get. It's not as drawn out as a howl, but could be taken as one.

I have heard it many time while sitting in a tree stand right before dark.

 

[NASA]

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How about this, huh?



Arcticfox, that's a great link. Thanks. That should be pinned as a permanent "sticky" here.

Using that same format, I don't see why we couldn't construct a similar table for coyote vocalizations, as well.

 

[Yotecallr]

Arcticfox, I second what NASA said. Thanks.

 

[7wsmsav4yotes]

and i also thought that the fox "babies" were called kits. not cubs? why arent they called pups if they are a dog?

 

[Rich in AZ]

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Using that same format, I don't see why we couldn't construct a similar table for coyote vocalizations, as well.


P.N. Lehner did so in 1976.

 

[kirby]

They are referred to as kits, cubs, & pups /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.

 

[NASA]

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P.N. Lehner did so in 1976.



But hasn't our "understanding" of these vocalizations matured in the past 30 years? Or was Lehner infallible with his interpretations? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif

Do you have a link to his table?