A few people have been confused by my use of the term "a leash of foxes". This is quite simple; it refers to a group of foxes such as a family group or several family groups. A "brace" refers to a dog fox and vixen though it can also be used to refer to two foxes.
Another quirk is my aging of foxes. For the first year of its life (which is when so many foxes die) a fox is known as a Cub. Once it is in its second year it is called an Adult. At the age of three it is referred to as an Old fox and we now know that there were foxes in the past and recent years that lived to the age of 8, 10, 11 and 12 years old -I guess we would call those "Stone agers" 😁
Old British foxes refers to the Greyhound/Mountain/Mastiff and Cur foxes the three types that were wiped out by the 1860s.
New Foxes refers to the foxes imported from across Continental Europe from at least the 16th century on to replace Old (and later New) foxes wiped out in certain areas.
NARF refers to imported North American Red foxes.
Any questions -ask!
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