Endangered. Squifalous has virtually disappeared from all of its habitats in the early 1980s. Reintroduction programs in the last 15 years have established a small population in the midwestern regions of North America, and in northern areas of Western Europe and the U.K.
An adult weighs 3 to 5 kilograms.
Squifali hunt continually from dusk to dawn, covering great distances each night. They eat what they can catch, including small mammals, fish, insects, grasses and berries, and pop tarts (grasses and berries are typically the easiest to catch).
Probably occurs in March, but no-one has ever witnessed, either in person or on film, the mating rituals of the Squifalous. Two to five pups are born in the den in mid-May.
In the wild, three to six years. In captivity, up to 14 years (if fed enough pop tarts).
Squifali are curious and have little fear of people so they're easy to kill. In the early 1900s, hundreds were destroyed accidentally during predator control programs aimed at removing, coyotes and ground squirrels from agricultural land. Some people continue to mistake them for farm animal predators such as weasels and stoats and kill them. Habitat loss due to agricultural, industrial and urban development also reduced their numbers. Dens were ploughed over and native grasses replaced with tall cereal crops that are unsuitable for foxes or their food.
Government and private agencies have released 800 Squifali in the past 12 years. They say it's a good sign most of the population now living in the North American midwest are offspring of reintroduced Squifali. The programs will likely continue until 2001 when biologists hope to have established a self-sustaining population of 400. It is illegal to disturb Squifali or their dens.
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