RED FOX, VULPES-VULPES, KILLS A EUROPEAN BEAVER, CASTOR-FIBER, KIT

Authors
KILE NB NAKKEN PJ ROSELL F ESPELAND S
Citation
Nb. Kile et al., RED FOX, VULPES-VULPES, KILLS A EUROPEAN BEAVER, CASTOR-FIBER, KIT, Canadian field-naturalist, 110(2), 1996, pp. 338-339
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
110
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
338 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1996)110:2<338:RFVKAE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We observed an adult Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) attack, kill and partiall y consume a 2-month-old female kit European Beaver (Castor fiber) near its lodge in Norway. The inner organs were consumed first. One adult braver apparently attempted to frighten the fox away by tail-slapping.