Gray Fox (C. virginianus), Kitt Fox (C. velox).—Both of a grayish colour, and from North America, the former from the United States; value, 11d. to 4s. 9d., and importation 30,000. Value of the kitt fox about 2s.
Red Fox (C. fulvus).—General hue, of a sandy red, although a few from Minnesota are quite light in colour, almost white, others again from Kamchatka are of a brilliant red. Chiefly worn as a fur in Turkey and eastern countries of Europe; about 60,000 to 80,000 skins are collected annually in North America and Kamchatka; prices range from 3s. to 30s. Some 100,000 of a similar but less valuable variety are caught in Europe.
Silver Fox (C. fulvus), the rarest of the three varieties of the American fox (in some districts red, cross, and silver foxes are found in the same litter), is principally obtained from Alaska, Columbia, and the Hudson Bay Territory. The colour is silvery black, occasionally brownish, the tip of the tail always white; a perfectly black skin (sometimes termed Black Fox) will fetch up to £170, a silvery one from £11 to £20. The majority are bought by Russia, the annual importation into London being only about 2000 skins.
White Fox (Vulpes lagopus) is in natural history the same animal as the Blue Fox, and likewise an expensive fur; a pure white is its finest colour; the discoloured are used for dyeing black, brown, silvery black, and slate blue, the last two in imitation of silver and blue-fox fur. Value, undyed, 4s. to 34s. Quantity annually imported, 6000 to 17,000.