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The swift fox was once a severely endangered species, due to predator control programs in the 1930s that were aimed mostly at the gray wolf and the coyote.
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They are an important prey species, being the primary diet in prairie species such as the black-footed ferret, swift fox, golden eagle, American badger, and ferruginous hawk.
The island fox is significantly smaller than the gray fox and perhaps the smallest fox in North America, averaging slightly smaller than the swift and kit foxes.
Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the swift fox, V. velox, but molecular systematics imply that the two species are distinct.
The rare swift fox and endangered black footed ferret are among two of the various mammal species found in the Badlands region, both species feed on the Black-tailed prairie dog
The swift fox ( Vulpes velox ) is a small light orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Montana, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
The swift fox lives primarily in short-grass prairies and deserts.
Like most canids, the swift fox is an omnivore, and its diet includes grasses and fruits as well as small mammals, carrion, and insects.
The swift fox is closely related genetically to the kit fox ( Vulpes macrotis ), but occupies a different geographical range.
The two have historically been regarded as the same species for reasons basically related to size: the kit fox is slightly smaller than the swift fox, and the former has a narrower snout.
However, hybrids between the two occur naturally where their ranges overlap, and some mammalogists classify the two as subspecies of a single species, usually treated as Vulpes velox ( with the swift fox being described as V. velox velox and the kit fox as V. velox macrotis ).
The molecular genetics evidence is not conclusive however, and some of those who have used it continue to treat the swift fox and kit fox as separate species.
The swift fox has a dark, grayish, tan coloration that extends to a yellowish tan color across its sides and legs.
The swift fox resides primarily in deserts and short-grass prairies.
In May 1999, the Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the swift fox as an endangered species in Canada.
Exact population numbers of the swift fox are unknown, but it is known that they currently inhabit only 40 % of their historic range.
In addition to its populations in Canada, there are also swift fox populations in the United States, ranging from South Dakota to Texas.
This prompted state wildlife agencies within the fox's range to create the Swift Fox Conservation Team, which worked to implement better swift fox management and monitoring programs.
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From what I was able to gauge in a swift, greedy glance, the figure inside the coral-colored boucle dress was stupefying.
And when he came to examine the scene, there was a certain staginess to it, it had the smell of planning, and a swift suspicion darted into his mind.
The expedition was under orders to make a swift survey of conditions and then to return to Earth.
His early rise in chess was swift, as he became a Candidate Master by age eleven.
Henry V realized swift action and a change in his father's policy was necessary.
Similarly, the shortest war in recorded history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, was brought to a swift conclusion by shelling from British battleships.
The first attempt at building a larger swift vessel was in America with the Ann McKim, 494 tons OM, built on the enlarged lines of a Baltimore clipper, with sharply raked stem, counter stern and square rig.
Scottish Maid proved swift and reliable and the design was widely copied.
However, they soon began to loot the holy places of Lhasa, which brought a swift response from Emperor Kangxi in 1718 ; but his military expedition was annihilated by the Dzungars, not far from Lhasa.
The change was remarkably swift.
With the swift German advance and the capture of Emperor Napoleon III, France was no longer in a position to protect the Pope's rule in Rome.
The debacle was swift.
The current was swift as they headed downstream.
John's defeat was swift and his attempts to reconquer his French possession at the decisive Battle of Bouvines ( 1214 ) resulted in complete failure.
The process was gradual rather than swift: a strong Egyptian presence continued into the 12th century BCE, and, while some Canaanite cities were destroyed, others continued to exist in Iron I.
Adoption was relatively swift in most of the world.
After spending the first months of 47 BC in Egypt, Caesar went to the Middle East, where he annihilated the king of Pontus ; his victory was so swift and complete that he mocked Pompey's previous victories over such poor enemies.
Considerable practice was required to produce the swift and effective combat shooting required.
In stark contrast to its predecessor, Huevos was recorded in a swift, fiery fashion, with many first takes, and minimal second guessing.
The reason for its swift abandonment as an alternative to morphine was due to the adverse effects it had on German soldiers during early trials.
Despite this, the process by which Scots overtook Norn as the primary spoken language on the islands was not a swift one, and most natives of Orkney and Shetland likely spoke Norn as a first language until the late 16th and early-to-mid 17th centuries respectively.
Paraguay contained little oil and no precious metals or sea coasts, but the country was self-sufficient in many areas and was endowed with fertile land, dense forests, and swift rivers.
Earlier, the river was designated kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (" swift flowing river ") in the Cree language.
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The false reasoning is that a gradual advance prolongs the pain while a swift powerful act gets it over with and leaves the girl pleased with his virility and grateful for his decisiveness in settling the problem once and for all.
Maris ran the 100-yard dash in ten seconds in high school and once won a race against Luis Aparicio, the swift, base-stealing shortstop of the White Sox.
One of the more successful of these ships was the Prince de Neufchatel, which once captured nine British prizes in swift succession in the English Channel.
* Bear Mountain ( the blue hole ) – An elevation in the northeast once known for the number of bears ; the blue hole is a water hole on the mountain that is known for its swift current and waterfalls.
Yet, once the advantages of winglets were proven in competition, adoption was swift with gliders.
With a fantastic rate of climb it would take off almost vertically to intercept enemy bomber formations at 6000-7000 metres, make a swift attack from below at high speed, emptying the MGs or cannons into the enemy machines and then land once the fuel tanks were dry.
Wavy lines represent water in heraldry, so wavy pallets were chosen to represent Merrimack, which meant “ swift water ” to some of the Indians who once lived in the Merrimack Valley.
In any event, Prussia vacillated in the face of the swift French invasion of Austria and then hastily professed neutrality once the Third Coalition was crushed.
Montague was against the First World War prior to its commencement, but once it started he believed that it was right to support it in the hope of a swift resolution.
Meanwhile, the Mormons in Utah have once again revolted, prompting a swift response from the U. S. Army.
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