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Though the red fox is primarily a solitary animal, it nevertheless has a complicated social life that is not yet fully understood. Much of a fox's social life occurs when it is growing up, mating, or raising it's young, however social interaction also plays a role when a fox is staking out or defending it's home territory.

Scent plays a major role, both in locating food and in social interactions between foxes. In scent marking, the fox patrols the boundary areas of it's territory and leaves various markers that serve notice of it's presence to other foxes. 

Faeces are usually deposited in highly visible places and urine is then sprayed around the area. The droppings may also be sprayed with a bacteria rich fluid from the animals anal sacs (researchers don't yet know why the animal does this, why it sometimes does not, or why males a prone to do so more than females.) In addition to leaving droppings, a fox frequently urinates on prominent land marks such as stumps, fence posts, and rocks to further announce it's presence. These marks are normally "refreshed" every few days.
 

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