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I recently posted this picture of canines in my yard in a comment.

It's not a good picture. There are two animals who were both at least slightly moving and the photo was taken by my phone at a distance. My wife thinks they're foxes but I'm not sure.

That said, whatever they are, there's a cub in the background. It's pretty cute. A friend of mine described it as "aww, little blurry guy." They weren't wrong.

In the end the question is, were they foxes or coyotes?

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[–] mjokfox@pawb.social 7 points 1 day ago

Oh hiiii thats me, just doing routine tree inspection, need to know how nap-able the trees are.

In all seriousness, thats a gray fox (Urocyon Cinereoargenteus), with one of their kits from this year. I could only wish to see one one day, as they only exist in north america (and spilled a tiny bit into south america). It's not entirely clear, but the ears look quite short, so most likely some eastern gray fox, these are the tree climbers. Western ones have larger ears as they live more in desert like areas to help with heat dissipation, and being able to hear small insects.

Unlike any other canine, gray foxes got somewhat rotatable wrists, and retractable claws. This allows them to grip onto trees very well, kinda like cats. So they'll happily climb trees vertically, see https://findafox.net/post/view/1131?search=gray_fox+climbing

And of course, what does one do in a tree? Take a "comfy" nap

Even though they are named foxes, genetically they are not related to red foxes (vulpes vulpes), instead being its own genus, which is even older than vulpes.

And of course, they'll do no harm, only bring cuteness :3