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title: "Kit Fox"
description: "Vulpes macrotis — Mamíferos. The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/kit-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kit Fox

> Vulpes macrotis — Mamíferos. The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Vulpes macrotis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1877
- Wikidata: [Q745751](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q745751)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42070)

## Names

- en: Kit Fox
- de: Kitfuchs
- es: Zorrita del desierto
- fr: Renard nain
- nl: Grootoorkitvos
- pl: Lis długouchy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1145), MX (108)

## Summary

The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the Southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. These foxes are the smallest of the four species of Vulpes occurring in North America and are among the smallest of the vulpines worldwide. It has also been called a North American counterpart of the fennec fox due to its large ears.

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

## Photo

![Kit Fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/kit-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118983415

## Machine access

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