Food Habits of the Red Fox in Greece

The fox had a wide d ie ta ry range, consist ing of app rox ima te ly 70 prey species. T h e main food groups w e r e of v e r t e b r a t e origin, supp lemented by inver tebra tes, grasses and f ru i t s. The ma in food i tems were smal l rodents, domest ic mammal s, apples and domest ic chickens. G a m e m a m-mals a n d b i rds did not play a s ign i f ican t role as prey in the fox ' s d ie tary needs. The observed regional and seasonal va r ia t ions in the fox ' s prey revea l the oppor tunis t ic feed ing behav io r of the fox, uti l izing mainly foods which a re more a b u n d a n t and easily obta inable