Foraging habits of the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in the Himalaya, India

Foraging habits of the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in the Himalaya, India

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This study attempts to investigate reason behind the diurnal behavior of nocturnal red fox and found availability of domestic fowls and young ones of the sheep/ goats during daytime.Free ranging fowls (n=230; an average 57.5 per year) and inattentive young 13th signal battalion ones of sheep/ goats (n=74; an average 18.

5 per year) were the most vulnerable to for red fox predation.This study concludes that diurnal behavior could be due to reduce intense competition with large predators such brands of ely as snow leopard and wolf, during night time and the freedom from human harassment in preying upon inattentive livestock.