Turbofox
Turbofoxes are a form of Cybertronic fauna. They're fast. Very fast. To the point that only the speediest of robots can hope to approach them. They are not intelligent, lacking a nervous system more complex than that of a plant's.
Fiction
Generation 1
Mirage and his high-priced uppercrust social circle used to hunt turbofoxes back before the war. He would rather still be engaging in such a sophisticated civilized pursuit, instead of rubbing shoulders with rag-tag dirty rebels.
Classics
The Great Wars and the resulting devastation seem to have had a negative effect on the Turbofox populations, which now are on the verge of extinction. Mirage and his yuppie friends worked towards saving them and their habitat. Mirage's Classics profile
Transformers (2007)
Arcee honed her speed hunting turbofoxes with other speedsters on Cybertron. She would use her great speed to pull near the beast, an impressive feat, before tagging it with her crossbow weapon.
Breakaway is said to be as clever as a turbofox.
Animated
Kup compared Hot Rod's speed when he tried to save his teacher from a grenade to that of a turbofox. The AllSpark Almanac II
IDW Generation 1 comics
The Neutrals that once owned the Lost Light kept the Sparkeater within docile by feeding it turbofoxes. The Chaos of Warm Things Helex, a member of the Decepticon Justice Division, had a pet turbofox held on a leash. Rules of Disengagement
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A ferocious, mutated turbofox attacked Ironhide and the Dinobots as they were exploring the wilderness on a reborn Cybertron, though they made short work of it. Dinobot Hunt
