Swift foxes carry a NatureServe S2 imperiled rank in Nebraska that matches the species’ G3 global rank, reflecting a population that’s recovered from near-extirpation across the Great Plains but remains far below historic numbers, confined largely to the state’s western shortgrass high plains. With just 11 records total, this is one of the thinnest datasets in this rank tier, and Oglala National Grassland’s single logged sighting anchors the record to exactly that kind of open shortgrass terrain.
June alone accounts for 7 of the state’s 11 records, nearly two-thirds of the total, likely tracking the weeks when kits become mobile enough to be spotted or trapped alongside a parent; the record is otherwise nearly silent.
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