Red fox scavenging at a moose carcass during a winter season
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Red fox Vulpes vulpes was the only mammal feeding on a moose Alces alces carcass during a total of 26 days between Oct. 75 and Apr. 76. Scavenging on the carcass reached a peak during Nov.-Dec. when analysis of scat samples showed the carcass to be the major source of food. Later in the winter the carcass became hard-frozen and unavailable as food until the spring thaw which occurred during April. Once thawed the carcass was quickly consumed. The changes in carcass consumption appeared to coincide with the seasonal changes in the food requirements of the fox population.
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Dunker, H. (1980). Red fox scavenging at a moose carcass during a winter season. Fauna Norvegica, 1, 34-37. https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v1i0.6155
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