Colored fox does not refer to a certain kind of fox, but a general term for silver-black foxes, red foxes and arctic foxes whose coats have mutated in the process of captivity or in the wild. Some of these varieties of foxes have been selected to improve and expand, and new color types have been formed; some of them are still very few in number; Today, let's get to know the color fox briefly!

I. Basic information

[Chinese name]Color Fox

[Kingdom] Animal Kingdom

【phylum】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate subphylum

【Class】Mammalia

【Order】Carnivora

【Suborder】Schizopodidae

【Family】Canidae

【Subfamily】Fox Subfamily

【Genus】 】Fox

II. Rough classification

Colored foxes are silver-black foxes, red foxes and arctic foxes in the process of captive breeding There are more than 30 kinds of new color types produced by the coat color mutant foxes of silver-black fox and red fox and the mating of different color types. There are nearly 10 varieties of arctic foxes. The following is a brief introduction to several colored foxes.

1. Colored fox of the genus Fox: The colored fox of the genus Fox is a mutation type of coat color of red fox and silver-black fox. It can be divided into dominant inheritance and recessive inheritance. Foxes belong to the dominant coat color genetic gene. Colored foxes mainly include white (platinum) golden fox, white-faced fox, marble (white) fox, and George white fox. In China, platinum fox, white-faced fox and marbled white fox are common; fox is a recessive coat color hereditary. Gene colored foxes mainly include pearl fox, albino fox, chocolate fox and brown (amber) fox. The body shape and appearance are similar to red foxes and silver-black foxes, with different coat colors.

2. Colored foxes of the genus Arctic fox: There are fewer types of colored foxes in the genus Arctic fox than the fox genus, mainly including shadow fox, sapphire arctic fox, pearl arctic fox, blue star arctic fox, platinum arctic fox and so on. The shadow fox is more common in China, and the other color types are not available.

3. Silver blue fox: Silver blue fox is obtained from the cross of silver black fox and arctic fox. Its coat color is characteristic of silver black fox, and its body shape and hair quality tend to be arctic fox. The silver-blue fox offspring are sterile, and the fur price is higher than that of the arctic fox.

III. Breeding history

It has been more than 50 years of research and breeding of colored foxes in foreign countries, and there are 30 Multi-colored colored foxes. In the inland area of China, a company has established large-scale and systematic farming in Dadongzhuang, Ruhe Township, Changli County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province.

IV. Market analysis

Colored fox is a rising star in today's aquaculture industry, and it has also become the focus of the aquaculture industry. The world's colored fox fur is one-tenth of the blue fox fur production, and it is rarely seen in the major domestic fur markets. In March 2006, the prices of various colored fox furs at the Finnish fur auction were very strong. The price of buying colored fox fur at a high price is 1300-2100 yuan, which shows that the market for colored fox breeding is very potential.

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