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Frances 2016; Mansill de las Mulas to Finisterre/Muxia 2017; Aragones 2018; Suso/Yuso, Meseta 2019
This past April after enjoying a delicious tapa at La Siesta Food Truck shortly beyond Camponaraya in the woods, I had just a very brief sighting of an animal with a beautiful longish redish brown coat. It could have been my Border collie except that she was at home in Texas. This animal appeared to be medium size, larger than I might expect a fox to be. Would it have been a fox, or perhaps something else?
 
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I agree, most likely fox. The animal that I saw must have been a larger fox! I think of fox as being smaller than my perception of this animal.
 
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We spotted a wolf once on the Sanabrés and a friend took a pic of him (only caught the backside...). The locals did say it was a wolf but it was dark, no red at all that I can remember....:confused:
 
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Local genetic variations are very common amongst Vulpes . I once came across a pitch black coated Vixen that had been killed by a car . In our rural locality a feral ' dog ' had been sighted worrying sheep many times , it was considered too large to be a fox , yet it was certainly one on examination after it had been dispatched .
This variation has happened all within the scant 200 years since they were imported to this continent , I would imagine that greater variations are bound to have occured in the tens of thousands of years of their existence in Europe .
 
I think hybrids are just beginning to take hold across many continents Canada/ US the wolf/ coyote has emerged. Polar bears/ Grizzlies.
Domestic dogs also seem to get into the mix with Wolves. Amazing the color variations with wolves.
 
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Is this like the "name the green vegetable" thread... My 2 cents worth is that it could well be a Welsh Collie, they are like the black and white Border Collie, only red and white, I've seen a few on Spanish farms. I can do better in naming the animal on your avatar @Sparrow in Texas, it's a Fresian Cow... Do I win a prize?
 
Well, I was wondering about the cow also. Thank you!:):)

I do not have a Facebook account or I would have messaged the La Siesta Food Truck man to ask about animals in that area.
 
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Plenty of foxes in Australia but saw the biggest fox I’ve ever seen while on the CF in that wild stretch before Astorga after where David’s stall is located. That fox was just about as big as a medium sized dog. He was standing proud looking at me as I walked towards him before turning and running off but not in any great hurry. I’m used to the English sort of fox. Small, fast, and shy. Nope, this guy was something totally different. Had the look of a dingo about him but not as big and I am sure he was a fox.
 
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