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Well, actually these nice closeups of a kit fox chilling in somebody’s yard are from New Mexico —

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Here we go!

According to the Canid Specialist Group, “In Mexico, it occurs across the Baja California Peninsula and across northern Sonora and Chihuahua to western Nuevo León, and south into northern Zacatecas…”

Information on North American kit foxes:

• Wikipedia page
• US Fish and Wildlife Service on the San Joaquin kit fox
• Do kit foxes and coyotes get along? Apparently.

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A little lagniappe

Meanwhile, in Oregon, energetic kit fox kits —

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Featured image: Jonas Grullke/Shutterstock

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