# Scarface — Wild Animals I Have Known character guide

> Scarface in Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Scarface, Old Scarface, Formerly old Scarface

**First appearance:** 0004-silverspot

## Snapshot

A scarred, grinning old fox who knows he resembles the stones and dry grass around him — and uses that knowledge to mock every hunter who passes.

## Who they are

Scarface shares the woods with his wife Vixen and their four cubs, denning in a hidden tunnel and treating the barnyard as a pantry. He is a true hunter who conceals his awareness the moment he is seen, then circles behind to watch his pursuer's stillborn trick with obvious amusement. His uncanny camouflage and cool nerve make him the collection's sharpest portrait of animal intelligence, and his family's fate gives the early arc its emotional weight.

## Relationships

### [Vix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/vix)

_romantic_

Scarface and Vix are a mated pair of foxes, raising young and cooperating to survive.

### [Chuck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/chuck)

_rivalry_

Chuck is a predator or competitor that threatens Scarface's food or den.

### [Vix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/vix)

_romantic_

Scarface and Vix are a mated pair of foxes, raising young and cooperating to survive.

## In the story

### [The Springfield Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/chapters/the-springfield-fox)

The father fox, identified by a scar on his face, who helps hunt and distract the hound to protect the den.

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