Red Fox

Kittigakyuit dialect: Aukpilaktaq = red fox; if you cannot recognize the species from a distance they are called Pisuktit= walkers, (Source: Nerliq Goose)

Innu-aimun Common Additional Terms

Uishauatsheshu Fox during red phase
Kashteuatsheshu Fox during black phase

Matsheshu ka uassi-shuniaut Silver fox
Katshipaiatikushinashut Cross fox

Napeiatsheshu Male fox
Ishkueiatsheshu Female fox
Matsheshiss Fox cub

Nusheiatsheshu Female fox (during reproductive years)

Uishakuatsheshu Male fox in rut

Matsheshu ka nitshikushit Fox during black phase with the tip of its fur silver

Source:  Les Éditions Tshakapesh, 2018. Uashat, Quebec

Main Photo Credit: Red Fox in winter coat by V. Bern, 2002. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulpes_vulpes_standing_in_snow.jpg. Licenced with Public Domain.

Second Photo Credit: Red Fox (Cross Morph) by USFWS Alaska, 2016. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/b589ba3f-f4bc-4c60-a06e-169ef0b541de. Licenced with Public Domain.

Third Photo Credit: Red Fox (Red and Silver Morphs) by Danny Barron, 2008. https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/3167c40b-c3a9-4d34-9695-19122b83786f. Licenced with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0.