Canis latrans - Urban Coyote by Dru Bloomfield
Living in a metropolitan area most often means being isolated from wildlife. I’m only just beginning to understand which animals are actually native to Kansas.
Canis lupus - Gray Wolf II by dalliedee
To help me, and you, see I’ve put together a little photo collection here on Kansas mammals in the Canidae family (that’s canines – or relatives of the dog).
Vulpes velox - Swift Fox by Drew Avery
Some of these canines don’t live in Kansas any more (the Gray Wolf doesn’t) and I don’t think any of these photos were taken in Kansas.
Vulpes vulpes - 4 of 5 Red Fox Pup(s) by Mike Baird
Aren’t they gorgeous, beautiful, amazing? Don’t they just make you want to move to Kansas? Well, maybe not that…
Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Gray Fox Kit by Ingrid Taylar
There is plenty space here though. I hope you enjoyed this collection of Kansas Mammals from the Canidae family. My thanks go to Adam Shake for the photo collection inspiration.
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By huge coincidence, I’m re-reading the Little House on the Prairie series just now, and have just got to the chapter where the wolves surround the log cabin without a door. So now I know what they look like! I was also looking at the atlas, tracing Laura’s journey from the Big Woods (my children fail to understand how interesting it is to read an atlas. I tell them about long tracts of boredom in my Scottish childhood when reading the atlas was a fun activity – and so it was – it set me dreaming). I was Kansas on the map, and thought of you!
On your comment on my bagpipes post, it’s quite possible that American pipers are rivalling or even outstripping Scots!
I love wildlife pictures. That first one looks a LOT like our dog! My stepfather was raised in kansas, so I do want to visit some day.