# Vix — Wild Animals I Have Known character guide

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

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Old Vix, old Vix, Vixen, old Vixen

**First appearance:** 0007-the-springfield-fox

## Snapshot

A cunning mother fox whose mastery of camouflage and brier-patch cunning keeps her cubs alive while hunters close in on her woodland home.

## Who they are

Vixen shares the woods and barnyard with her mate Scarface, raising four cubs in a hidden den while the narrator watches from a hollow basswood tree. Her world is defined by the constant tension between maternal devotion and the relentless pursuit of men and dogs who consider her a pest. Her patient teaching of the young foxes — freezing, hiding, and reading the land — anchors the story's early arc and makes the coming hunt feel personal.

## Relationships

### [Scarface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/scarface)

_romantic_

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

### [Silverspot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/silverspot)

_rivalry_

Silverspot is a dominant crow that competes with Vix for food resources.

### [Mother Partridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/mother_partridge)

_rivalry_

Mother Partridge is a prey bird constantly avoiding Vix, a fox predator.

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

_rivalry_

Chuck competes with Vix for food or territory in the wild.

### [Scarface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/scarface)

_romantic_

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

### [Mother Partridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wild_animals_i_have_known_se/characters/mother_partridge)

_rivalry_

Mother Partridge is a prey bird constantly avoiding Vix, a fox predator.

## In the story

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

The mother fox, called Vixen, who trains her cubs with live prey and shows both maternal love and refined cruelty.

## Links

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