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Once again life went its serene way -- soirees, fox hunts, balls and dinners.

Mr. Kahler went on to explain how Hausman's fox terrier had been `` making '' in his flower beds.

`` Not this old fox '', chuckled Uncle Randolph.

They had been fed a hunting breakfast, so called because a kedgeree, the dish identified with fox hunting, was on the bill.

An elephant or a fox or a swan or a cocopalm or a banana possess in unusually high degree this quality of obvious, common-sense, indubitable identity, as do an eye or tooth or nail.

A gray fox with a patch on one eye -- confidence man, city slicker, lebensraum specialist -- tries to take over Catfish Bend in this third relaxed allegory from Mr. Burman's refreshing Louisiana animal community.

The fox is all ingratiating smiles when he arrives from New Orleans, accompanied by one wharf rat.

As soon as the fox has taken hold on most of the populace he imports more wharf rats, who, of course, say they are the aggrieved victims of an extermination campaign in the city.

And pretty soon gray fox is announcing that he won't have anyone around that's against him, and setting out to break his second territorial treaty with the birds.

The arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus, formerly known as Alopex lagopus ), also known as the white fox, polar fox or snow fox, is a small fox native to Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and is common throughout the Arctic tundra biome.

Vulpes lagopus ( arctic fox ) sleeping with its tail wrapped as a blanket.

The arctic fox lives in some of the most frigid extremes on the planet.

The fox has a low surface area to volume ratio, as evidenced by its generally rounded body shape, short muzzle and legs, and short, thick ears.

The arctic fox has such keen hearing that it can precisely locate the position of prey under the snow.

The arctic fox tends to be active from early September to early May.

The arctic fox will generally eat any small animal it can find: lemmings, voles, hares, owls, eggs, and carrion, etc.

During April and May the arctic fox also preys on ringed seal pups when the young animals are confined to a snow den and are relatively helpless.

If there is an overabundance of food hunted, the arctic fox will bury what the family cannot eat.

When its normal prey is scarce, the arctic fox scavenges the leftovers and even feces of larger predators, such as the polar bear, even though the bear's prey includes the arctic fox itself.

Besides the nominate, Vulpes lagopus lagopus, there are four subspecies of this fox: