r/animalid • u/WhoIsGarth • 8h ago

Fox or Coyote 🐺 🐶 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐶 🐺

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Help settle a debate; is this a coyote or fox? Location is St. Louis area in Missouri.

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u/Vampira309 8h ago edited 4h ago

definitely a coyote.

Foxes are smaller, with less pointy snout and super fluffy tail with white or black tip

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u/WhoIsGarth 8h ago

Thanks for confirming for me!

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u/FlarktheNarc 4h ago

All true except for the fact that all foxes have a white top on their tail. All red foxes have a white tip but gray foxes do not have a white tip.

Edit: Forgot to add that the tip of a gray fox tail is black