What Noises Do Foxes Make?
Foxes use various different sounds to keep in contact with other members of their family. They do not call out in chorus together like the wolves or coyotes and have a wide array of sounds. Of all the known fox calls, Barks and wails are the most common. The sounds grade into each another and are either contact sounds or interaction sounds. Their Barking call resembles a dog’s bark and is the most common vulpine noise. It spans three to five syllables and is often used to keep in touch at greater distances. Their alarm bark is monosyllabic and adults use it to warn cubs of danger. At closer range it sounds like a rasping, muffled cough but from further away, it sounds rather like a sharp bark. Kits at play and adults during courting season make a stuttering, throaty noise. This sound is called Gekkering and is usually seen in aggressive encounters. The vixen’s wail is very long, drawn-out and monosyllabic and is made by a vixen during the breeding season. However, it is also made by ma
