Foxes are no match for their size, strength, and armament. If a Black Bear or a Brown Bear is able to get close to a Fox or take it by surprise then it will eat it. With a silent approach, Owls attack often by landing near prey and ambushing them in quick succession, but sometimes they will attack while on the wing. With larger prey often being broken up and taken back to the nest. The Great Horned Owl has a diet of up to 87.6% of mammals in North America, and a Fox is potentially on that list. The largest Owl is the Great Horned Owl, standing around 2 feet tall with a 5feet wingspan, the Horned Owl is largely nocturnal inhabit, and therefore hunts during the night. In fact, even some smaller Birds of prey like hawks and Falcons could carry away babies or potentially young foxes without too much difficulty. These birds are large enough to even carry away adult Foxes. Large Eagles exist throughout most continents, such as the African Crowned Eagle, Martial Eagle, Harpy Eagle or of course the Golden Eagle. Large Raptor birds like Eagles and Red-tailed Hawks are known for preying on mammals, they also have the added advantage of attacking from above, which is something Foxes will rarely be able to anticipate, or do much about. The resulting law of competitive exclusion, which dictates there will be a decline or extinction of one species where two species compete for the same food source – would appear to indicate that Coyotes and Jackals are fairing less well than the Fox in survival terms. Lynx Eat Foxes Coyotes, Jackals, Wild Dogsīecause they share the same prey and diet as Foxes, it’s not unheard of that in North America Coyotes and the golden Jackals of Eurasia may fight with Foxes, but only if food sources are scarce. They hunt similar prey and if food is scarce they may come in contact with each other.
These two species are likely to come into contact due to some overlaps in their dietary and hunting areas. A Fox would be almost no match for a Lynx except to potentially outrun – or ‘Outfox’ the Lynx. But being a larger cat size they’re more than equipped to hunt foxes if they so wished. Lynxes, including the Bobcat Lync, Canada Lynx, Eurasian Lynx, and Iberian Lynx are generally in decline. But if food sources are more scarce then they will hunt for a fox if one or more cross their path. Wolves hunt in packs and are largely known to go for larger prey. Wolves are indeed the world’s biggest and most powerful canids, the ultimate apex predators of the Northern Hemisphere.
In all the Canidae family, the Apex predator is the Wolf, but wolves do not reside everywhere, they live mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, and mostly in North America, Asia and in some parts of Europe – particularly Eastern Europe. Geography/Location: North America, Europe, Asia So let’s go through those creatures that would eat a fox, along with a breakdown of predominantly where they live. For this reason, you’ll find Foxes on every continent, covering most of the globe.īecause they cover much of the planet, there is always a slight variation in the kind of creatures that hunt them or would predate them. At between 7-15kg, their build is adapted for both urban and wild terrain, their diet is varied, they have excellent hunting abilities and they can be fast and agile. That’s not to say they get it easy! Some of the environments they live in can be inhospitable for creatures who are still fairly small in relation to other mammals.įoxes are ideally designed specimens for doing what they do and surviving. So foxes are seen as able to trick their way through life. ‘As Cunning as a Fox’ is probably a phrase we’ve all heard. Let’s take a dive a bit deeper into the subject and check out fox’s most prominent adversaries!Ī Fox is almost always viewed upon as a clever, smart, and witty animal. Why and when they are hunted varies depending on the type and needs of the predator. This largely depends on which continent they live on. What Eats a Fox? A Fox is hunted and eaten by a number of Canid Apex Predators like Wolves, as well as Bears, Badgers, Eagles, Owls, and even Humans. But first, here’s a quick list to get you started, then we’ll dive into a bit more detail. So here, we’re going to explore a few of those natural predators. Even in the wild, Foxes are generally not hunted by that many predators, fox numbers are usually kept in check simply by the amount of food there is available.īut Foxes do have predators. Foxes have adapted so well, through the ages, so much so that they can now live among humans relatively safely.
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