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title: "Urocjon wirginijski"
description: "Urocyon cinereoargenteus — Ssaki. The gray fox, or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gray-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Urocjon wirginijski

> Urocyon cinereoargenteus — Ssaki. The gray fox, or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America.

- Scientific name: *Urocyon cinereoargenteus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 47561
- Wikidata: [Q215250](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215250)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42076](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42076)

## Names

- en: Gray Fox
- de: Graufuchs
- es: Zorra gris
- fr: Renard gris
- nl: Grijze vos
- pt: Raposa-cinzenta
- pl: Urocjon wirginijski

## Countries with the most observations

US (31592), MX (6367), GT (286), CR (240), CA (235), BZ (205), HN (64), SV (48), CO (27), NI (18), PA (8)

## Summary

The gray fox, or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox of the California Channel Islands, are the only living members of the genus Urocyon, which is considered to be genetically sister to all other living canids. Its species name cinereoargenteus means "ashen silver".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_fox

## Photo

![Urocjon wirginijski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162379551

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-fox?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).