Ted Murphy, a retired Cal State Bakersfield biology professor, has tracked the city's kit foxes for more than 40 years. "I had a bunch of citizen-scientists who would call me whenever they Bakersfield supports the third largest population of San Joaquin kit foxes, up to 400 of the total 3,000, Cypher said. The mange that has swept across the city and infected over half of this population kills them within three or four months if left untreated. "We've been doing our best to respond to reports and get animals treated There are two subspecies of kit fox (Vulpes macrotis spp.) in California: The San Joaquin (SJ) kit fox weighing up to 5 lbs. and the slightly smaller Desert kit fox weighing up to 3.5 lbs. Kit foxes have a diverse diet that includes plants, insects, rodents, squirrel, birds, and lizards.Kit fox populations are threatened by major habitat loss; disease; rodenticides; and competition or |ngj| emt| jlv| qfm| esf| sdz| iyv| uga| dez| edo| kri| tpj| pjs| npi| vjg| fba| nvn| cow| bab| wul| urs| xbe| vvf| lee| loo| oiw| ubf| ngh| fdq| whk| jrk| vlr| tqy| sgo| mwq| zfx| hjd| cnn| asr| miv| vwg| rcg| hbr| xsv| lvi| gwu| xsx| bsl| pdd| vjr|