Red Fox... Black??

[LET EM GROW]

Anyone ever seen a "Black" Red Fox? On my travels to work this morning(430am) I laid eyes on what i swore was a red fox, looked and acted just as they normally do around road sides... but it was all Black!? Seen and taken many grey and red fox through the years but never seen one like this.. Ran off like a red fox does too.. Thought it was neat..

Canadice/Richmond Area

[Robhuntandfish]

might it have been a fisher?

[LET EM GROW]

That was my first thought, but they move about totally different. So it ruled out being a Fisher IMO 

Edited April 3, 2019 by LET EM GROW

[LET EM GROW]

I was also told by the land owner, on a property we predator hunt in 8F that there was a pair of coyotes cruising during daylight many times this winter and one of the 2 was all black as well.. 

[Robhuntandfish]

that would be a cool to see . Would guess they prob have some color variations to them.   Have seen some fairly dark grays but not one like that.  Would be cool if you could trail cam that area 

[airedale]

Your eyes did not deceive you, yes there are Red Fox that can be colored black, they are a color mutation called Silver Fox, their color is mostly black with a small amount of white on the tips of their fur. I actually had one for a pet many years ago, I kept her around to train my Coon dogs not to be chasing fox when I was hunting them.

Al

Edited April 3, 2019 by airedale

[turkeyfeathers]

@dinorocks

had a silver fox for a few years   Hopefully he’ll chime in and post some pics. It was so cool   

[LET EM GROW]

27 minutes ago, airedale said:

Your eyes did not deceive you, yes there are Red Fox that can be colored black, they are a color mutation called Silver Fox, their color is mostly black with a small amount of white on the tips of their fur. I actually had one for a pet many years ago, I kept her around to train my Coon dogs not be chasing fox when I was hunting them.

Al

That is awesome sir! way cool, Id love to have a fox pup or coyote pup. This is just too cool. 

[Paula]

I have seen a dark grey/ black fox a couple years ago

[ny hunter]

Airedale love the pic.... Your dog is beautiful ...

[grampy]

I have seen one many years ago on our hunting property. All black except for a white tip on it's tail. Very much like the one airdale posted. Which is very cool.

The only other black, redd foxx I recall was on Sanford And Son, again, many years ago! He was pretty cool too!

[Marion]

Your eyes did not deceive you, yes there are Red Fox that can be colored black, they are a color mutation called Silver Fox, their color is mostly black with a small amount of white on the tips of their fur. I actually had one for a pet many years ago, I kept her around to train my Coon dogs not to be chasing fox when I was hunting them.
Al

That's awesome! What happened to it?

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[Pygmy]

23 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

That's awesome! What happened to it?

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The coonhound ate it right after that picture was taken.....

[Marion]

The coonhound ate it right after that picture was taken.....

Well that's sad. But big dogs gotta eat

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[fasteddie]

I used to watch a Black Red Foxx on a TV Show ..... 

[G-Man]

Just a color phase, cross,black,white ,red.. all the same red fox though

[G-Man]