Mammal
Swift Fox
Vulpes velox
Photo: en:User:Cburnett, CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Names
Kit Fox / Small Fox of the Plains
Habitat
Great Falls
Conservation
Vulnerable
First Observed
1805-07-08
Observed At
Near the Marias River, Chouteau County, Montana
Cat-sized, large-eared fox of central plains. Harvest and loss of habitat to agriculture reduced range by 40 percent.
Journal References
6 journal entries mention Swift Fox
Sep
12
1804
Clark: September 12, 1804
Septr. 12th Wednesday 1804 a Dark Cloudy Day the wind hard from the N. W. we passed (1) a Island the middle of the river...
Jul
8
1805
Lewis: July 8, 1805
Monday July 8th 1805. Capt. Clark Determined to make a second effort to replace the notes which he had made with rispect to the river...
Feb
15
1806
Clark: February 15, 1806
Saturday February 15th 1806 Drewyer and Whitehouse Set out on a hunting excurtion towards the mountains Southwest of us. we have heard our hunters over...
Feb
15
1806
Lewis: February 15, 1806
Saturday February 15th 1806. Drewyer and Whitehouse set out this morning on a hunting excurtion towards the praries of Point Adams. we have heard our...
Feb
19
1806
Clark: February 19, 1806
Wednesday February 19th 1806. Sergt. Ordway Set out again with a party to the Salt works by land. in the evening Sergt. Gass returned with...
Feb
21
1806
Lewis: February 21, 1806
Friday February 21st 1806. Visited this morning by 3 Clatsop who remained with us all day; they are great begers; I gave one of them...
