If
you've never seen a black fox before, you're not alone; these are
actually red fox color morphs, making them more rare than their
red-furred counterparts. Despite this, many still refer to these foxes
as if they were a separate group altogether, calling them silver foxes.
Fox imagery is found across cultures,
where they usually assume the role of a trickster. In everyday language,
too, the common word “vixen,” meaning a female fox, is used when
referring to a spiteful or quarrelsome woman.