ORIGINAL: iamyourhuckleberry
Steve,
Congrats to your father for a cool catch! I do not feel it's a cross but rather a color phase. It's sort of like blonde, chocolate, black, and blue black bears. It's Mother Nature's way of changing her genes.
It's a cross Will. A cross fox doesn't mean a mix between a red and a silver or gray If that's what you were saying or thinking. In this case It's a "cross red fox" meaning It has a black strip coming from It's leg that crosses another black strip coming from It's head on top of the back. It makes a "cross". It's very easy to see. Kodiak Archer (Rob) said It perfect.