How did the fox get its reputation as sly or cunning?

Fox has the tendency not to do the hunting by it's own for livelihood. Fox always chases superiors ie, Tiger , lion, leapord etc . so, that they hunt their pray down & keep that pray in a place for eating. read more

When they finish off eating & go away , fox attacks on the remanants , sometimes they steal the whole hunted pray also when superiors are not careful about their hunted pray. From this tendency it is clear , why fox get it's reputation as sly or cunning. read more

The fox also climbs by jumping or scrambling from one tree branch to another. The fox descends from a vertical tree by backing down or simply running head first down a sloping tree. There are anatomical differences between the gray and red fox (Vulpes vulpes). read more

1.During the Ice Age, 400-650,000 years ago, the red fox and polar fox split from a common ancestor, Vulpes alopecoides. read more