And we’ve done it cost-effectively: Just $51,000 in dog detection surveys leveraged over $2 million in funding for land acquisition—a nearly 40-fold return on investment. They will sometimes rest and play near their dens during the afternoons, but become most active near sunset and throughout the night. Get this from a library! ABSTRACT-Although the San joaquin kit fox (VulPes macrotis mutica) has been a federally pro-tected subspecies since 1967, current information on its status throughout much of its historical range is lacking. Read the kit fox’s species account. Region 1.

Read the kit fox’s recovery plan. Another way the government is trying to protect them, is by making laws to protect the habitats, and making laws to stop all hunting and trapping by humans. 1998. recovery plan for kit foxes (USFWS 1998). _____. 1998 . recovery plan for the subspecies was published in 1983 (USFWS 1983). A recovery plan approved in 1983 proposed interim objectives of halting the decline of the San Joaquin kit fox and increasing population sizes above 1981 levels (USFWS 1983). In the 1983 recovery plan, they included a habitat acquisition.

San Joaquin kit foxes are primarily active at night, hunting kangaroo rats and other small rodents, ground squirrels, birds, and insects throughout the night along with their main food source, grass. F .

Bakersfield Conservation Plan 1st Administrative Draft 1 April 2015 San Joaquin Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) Legal Status State: Threatened Federal: Endangered Critical Habitat: No critical habitat has been designated for this species Recovery Planning: Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley (U.S. [T P O'Farrell; U.S. San Joaquin Valley Upland Species ; 3C . San Joaquin kit fox recovery plan. It is federally listed as endangered, and state listed as threatened.

Fun Facts.

San Joaquin Kit Fox ; Vulpes macrotis mutica .
It was listed back in 1967 as an endangered species by the U.S. This range includes the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and Tulare in central California.
In 1967 the federal government listed them as an endangered species and in 1971 California also listed them as threatened.

Recovery Plan or Outline Name of Plan or Outline: Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California (Recovery Plan) Date Issued: September 30, 1998 Dates of Previous Revisions: San Joaquin Kit Fox Recovery Plan (Service 1983) II.