Red Fox at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Vulpes vulpes | 9 Oct 2025 | DonFletcher | ||
| Vulpes vulpes | 8 Oct 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Vulpes vulpes | 8 Oct 2025 | Lisa.Jok |
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User's notes
Deceased shingleback with fox scat ontop. Shingleback and scat appear to be older as both dried and sun bleached, though ants still inspecting lizard. I have seen fox scat ontop of objects before (logs, rocks, tussocks) and proximal to predated animals, but not on top of remains like this. The wound to the shingleback appears to be a crushed side, possibly from a bite. Fox and shingleback are active at different times of the day (nocturnal and diurnal, respectively) and I can’t see a bone dense shingleback being high value fox food. This doesn’t rule out a fox attack, but does make me wonder whether the bite is more likely from a domestic dog that would have been active the same time as the shingleback, then the fox has later marked the carcass. This observation was close to the walking trail and so strangely arranged that I query whether it’s staged.
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DonFletcher
wrote:
9 Oct 2025
SOOO @Lisa.Jok what you are really saying, is that you want to claim a record for a new species, the Clancy Stager, (maybe Homo dolus) but you want me or someone else to risk embarrassment by putting it out there?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.171967-35.229644
- Altitude 656.5m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 8 Oct 2025 07:05 PM Recorded on
- Lisa.Jok Recorded by
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Collections
Lisa.Jok NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Vulpes vulpes Placental Predators Mammals
Species information
- Vulpes vulpes Scientific name
- Red Fox Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1914m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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