This handsome critter is a partially melanistic variant of a red fox, sometimes called a cross fox. Melanism describes a heavily black pigmentation of the fur, and fully melanistic red foxes are known as silver foxes. Cross foxes are one result of a red/silver fox cross. Though they were once thought to be a separate species, cross foxes now carry the same classification (Vulpes vulpes) as the red fox. They're not terribly rare in the northern U.S. and Canada, but still merit a second (or third!

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