Red foxes do, however, typically have black legs, a white tail tip, and black ear tips. Most gray foxes, on the other hand, have dark, grizzled gray salt-and-pepper coats, with a black stripe that ...

and a black-tipped tail are some of the characters by which the gray fox differs from the red fox. Other differences include coarser fur, a shorter muzzle and legs, dark brown eyes, and a mane of ...