female:male::vixen:?????
Jadyn
If a female fox is deemed a 'vixen', what is the male fox? I heard one
rumor that it was a 'todd', but the source didn't know for sure.
Is that accurate?
TIA,
Derek Jacobs <jac...@minot.com>
skytech
I checked the book 'Running with the fox' by David Macdonald (Facts
on File Publications) and he refers to as dog-fox, as I thought they
were. Todd, I believe, is the name for the disney fox cub in 'Fox and
Hound'.
--
The lurking fox
Skytech
barbara bosworth
Jadyn wrote:
>
> If a female fox is deemed a 'vixen', what is the male fox? I heard one
> rumor that it was a 'todd', but the source didn't know for sure.
>
> Is that accurate?
>
> TIA,
> Derek Jacobs <jac...@minot.com>
They are normally called "Dog foxes".
Geary & Irene
Just to confirm the posting below. A male fox is called a dog.
Regards, Irene
skytech <#sky...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<32868E...@ix.netcom.com>...
> Jadyn wrote:
> >
> > If a female fox is deemed a 'vixen', what is the male fox? I heard one
> > rumor that it was a 'todd', but the source didn't know for sure.
> >
> > Is that accurate?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Derek Jacobs <jac...@minot.com>
>
Taura
jac...@minot.com (Jadyn) sent the following transmission:
> If a female fox is deemed a 'vixen', what is the male fox? I heard one
> rumor that it was a 'todd', but the source didn't know for sure.
> Is that accurate?
> TIA,
> Derek Jacobs <jac...@minot.com>
That's correct. :)
Tod, one d.
-Taura
wrig...@aol.com
A male fox is usually known as a dog fox.
barbara bosworth
are called Tods, but like I said, the "proper" term would be dog fox.
Emilie
Chris Baird
Jadyn,
> If a female fox is deemed a 'vixen', what is the male fox? I heard one
> rumor that it was a 'todd', but the source didn't know for sure.
Males are "dog foxes" in all the British wildlife books I own;
"Tod" is one of the regional (welsh?) monikers.
--
Chris
(Kwik Quiz: what are Badgers called? Brocks.)
barbara bosworth
I THINK WE GET THE PIONT!!
skytech
Yes! And thanks all for setting me straight about the term 'tod'.
Obviously, someone at Disney did know the regional colloquialism.
Someone mentioned reynard as another name for a male fox. I'll end
up as with the 'Todd' thing again but isn't Reynard the name of a fox in
many very old folktales?
Scott Kellogg
skytech (#sky...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Someone mentioned reynard as another name for a male fox. I'll end
: up as with the 'Todd' thing again but isn't Reynard the name of a fox in
: many very old folktales?
I believe that Reynard is the word for Fox in French. The derivation
of Reynard in French, I understand, does come from old folktales
concerning a wiley (foxy:) fox named Reynard.
Hmm... Anyone know the word in French for the female fox?
Scott Kellogg
Stuck Here
skytech (#sky...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: barbara bosworth wrote:
: >
: > Chris Baird wrote:
: > >
: > > Jadyn,
: > > > If a female fox is deemed a 'vixen', what is the male fox? I heard one
: > > > rumor that it was a 'todd', but the source didn't know for sure.
: > >
: > > Males are "dog foxes" in all the British wildlife books I own;
: > > "Tod" is one of the regional (welsh?) monikers.
: > >
: > > --
: > > Chris
: > > (Kwik Quiz: what are Badgers called? Brocks.)
: >
: > I THINK WE GET THE PIONT!!
: Yes! And thanks all for setting me straight about the term 'tod'.
: Obviously, someone at Disney did know the regional colloquialism.
: Someone mentioned reynard as another name for a male fox. I'll end
: up as with the 'Todd' thing again but isn't Reynard the name of a fox in
: many very old folktales?
: --
: The lurking fox
: Skytech
Since no one else seems to have done it yet, I hereby claim dibs and decree:
The official name for a Male Stegosaurus is a "tropp", and the female of
the species shall from now on be referred to as a "prell".
Spatula
Morning Star
Okay, to clarify one final point Reynard is not a male fox.
It is two things....
renard-French for fox
Renard-name of some men
Melinda
Silaria Slighthand/Swift Fox
I havent read any post that would preceede this post, but I feel an
addition to your statement must be made.
Reynard is a allegorical charactor used prominently in poetry and
literature from Medieval times to the early to mid 17th century. These
works were mainly a way of poking fun at royalty and nobility, much like
the Dilbert comics of today. Reynard was the main aggitator of the story.
He is, as a charactor, a male red fox. This is evident in many ways. One
of which is that he is married (I think several times at that) Another is
the references to Reynard getting it on with the Wolf's wife Herscent.
Other tell tale signs abound in the literary works.
Look it up. The stories are provocative and entertaining!
Just jumping in with all four paws!
Swift Fox
Scott Kellogg
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: >Okay, to clarify one final point Reynard is not a male fox.
: >It is two things....
: >renard-French for fox
Oh? I'm not an expert in French, or German, but I was under the
impression that both of these languages had gender for nouns.
Le Chien.
La Chat.
In German, the male and female are designated differently.
Fuchs (male fox) Phonetically: Fooks
Fuchsin (female fox) PHonetically: Fooksin.
Note that the German F is (to my ear) indestinguishable from the German V
sound. Thus Fuchsin sounds very similar to the word Vixen, just with the
German soft V sound.
In any case I was under the impression that French had the same gender
stuff when applying to animals as does German.
Oh well.
Scott Kellogg
barbara bosworth
Silaria Slighthand/Swift Fox wrote:
>
> In article <Pine.A41.3.95.961122...@login3.isis.unc.edu>, Morning Star <mng...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> >It is two things....
> >renard-French for fox
> > Melinda
> >
> >
> This is true Melinda,
> I havent read any post that would preceede this post, but I feel an
> addition to your statement must be made.
>
> Reynard is a allegorical charactor used prominently in poetry and
> literature from Medieval times to the early to mid 17th century. These
> works were mainly a way of poking fun at royalty and nobility, much like
> the Dilbert comics of today. Reynard was the main aggitator of the story.
> He is, as a charactor, a male red fox. This is evident in many ways. One
> of which is that he is married (I think several times at that) Another is
> the references to Reynard getting it on with the Wolf's wife Herscent.
> Other tell tale signs abound in the literary works.
>
> Look it up. The stories are provocative and entertaining!
>
> Just jumping in with all four paws!
>
> Swift Fox
There are other storys about him that show him as a really really BAD
animal, always playing terrable tricks on the other animals and
otherwise being really selfish.
Emilie