<P> Red foxes may compete with striped hyenas on large carcasses . Red foxes may give way to hyenas on unopened carcasses, as the latter's stronger jaws can easily tear open flesh that is too tough for foxes . Foxes may harass hyenas, using their smaller size and greater speed to avoid the hyena's attacks . Sometimes, foxes seem to deliberately torment hyenas even when there is no food at stake . Some foxes may mistime their attacks, and are killed . Fox remains are often found in hyena dens, and hyenas may steal foxes from traps . </P> <P> In Eurasia, red foxes may be preyed upon by leopards, caracals and Eurasian lynxes . The lynxes chase red foxes into deep snow, where their longer legs and larger paws give them an advantage over foxes, especially when the depth of the snow exceeds one metre . In the Velikoluki district in Russia, red foxes are absent or are seen only occasionally where lynxes establish permanent territories . Researchers consider lynxes to represent considerably less danger to red foxes than wolves do . North American felid predators of red foxes include cougars, Canadian lynxes and bobcats . Occasionally, large raptors such as Eurasian eagle owls will prey on young foxes, while golden eagles have been known to kill adults . </P> <P> Red foxes are wide - ranging animals, whose range covers nearly 70 million km (27 million sq mi). They are distributed across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and Asia . They are absent in Iceland, the Arctic islands, some parts of Siberia, and in extreme deserts . </P> <P> Red foxes are not present in New Zealand and are classed as a "prohibited new organism" under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, preventing them from being imported . </P>

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