The domesticated silver fox (marketed as the Siberian fox) is a
domesticated form of the silver morph of the red fox. As a result of
selective breeding, the new foxes not only became tamer, but more
dog-like as well. The result of over 50 years of experiments in the
Soviet Union and Russia, the breeding project was set up in 1959 by the
Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev. It continues today at The Institute of
Cytology and Genetics at Novosibirsk, under the supervision of
Lyudmila Trut.© haxims.blogspot.com
Unlike dogs which are domesticated breeds of wolves, these pups are the decedents of foxes. Like wolves, foxes are also canines, but unlike wolves they were never domesticated by humans.
Unlike dogs which are domesticated breeds of wolves, these pups are the decedents of foxes. Like wolves, foxes are also canines, but unlike wolves they were never domesticated by humans.
