The average lifespan of a wild kit fox is 5.5 years.
The larger marks had been left by a kit fox, one of hundreds that roamed the area.
The kit fox is mostly a nocturnal animal, but sometimes ventures out of its den during the day.
He also has kit foxes on his land.
They also often use ready-made burrows of kit foxes and desert tortoises.
The kit fox is the smallest species of the Canidae family found in North America.
The kit fox has no recognized subspecies, although some populations have been proposed as subspecies.
Other indigenous animals that can be found in the valley floor are kit foxes, coyotes, bobcats, and roadrunners.
Raccoons, deer, opossum, even kit foxes coexisted with humans here in the country.
Its underparts were pale orange and the upper fur tan with subtle black shading rather like a kit fox.