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Vulpes is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of the Canidae
Canidae

Canidae is the family of the dogs; a member of this family is called a canid. They include wolf, foxes, coyotes, and jackals. The Canidae family is divided into the "true dogs" of the tribe Canini and the "foxes" of the tribe Vulpini....
 family. It includes the true fox
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
es, although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word "fox".

True foxes are distinguished from members of the Canis
Canis

Canis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species and many extinct species, including dogs, Wolf , coyotes, and jackals....
 genus, such as wolves, coyotes, and jackals, by their smaller size and flatter skulls. They have black triangular markings between the eyes and nose, and the tip of the tail is often a different colour from the rest of the pelt.








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Vulpes is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of the Canidae
Canidae

Canidae is the family of the dogs; a member of this family is called a canid. They include wolf, foxes, coyotes, and jackals. The Canidae family is divided into the "true dogs" of the tribe Canini and the "foxes" of the tribe Vulpini....
 family. It includes the true fox
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
es, although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word "fox".

True foxes are distinguished from members of the Canis
Canis

Canis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species and many extinct species, including dogs, Wolf , coyotes, and jackals....
 genus, such as wolves, coyotes, and jackals, by their smaller size and flatter skulls. They have black triangular markings between the eyes and nose, and the tip of the tail is often a different colour from the rest of the pelt.

Species

  • Arctic Fox
    Arctic fox

    The Arctic Fox , also known as the White Fox or Snow Fox, is a small fox native to cold Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and is common throughout the Tundra#Arctic tundra biome....
    , Vulpes lagopus
  • Kit Fox
    Kit Fox

    The 'Kit Fox' is a relatively common North American fox. Its range extends into northern Mexico. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the Swift Fox V....
    , Vulpes macrotis
  • Pale Fox
    Pale Fox

    The Pale Fox is a species of fox which inhabits the semiarid regions of the Sahel from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east. It is widespread throughout the Sahel but its environmental status is described as "data deficient" due to lack of intensified study of the Pale Fox in the wild....
    , Vulpes pallida
  • Bengal Fox
    Bengal Fox

    The Bengal Fox , also known as the Indian Fox, is a fox endemism to the Indian subcontinent and is found from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh....
    , Vulpes bengalensis
  • Blanford's Fox
    Blanford's Fox

    The Blanford's Fox , is a small fox found in certain regions of the Middle East....
    , Vulpes cana
  • Cape Fox
    Cape Fox

    The Cape Fox , also called the Cama Fox or the Silver-backed Fox, is a small fox.It has black or silver gray fur with flanks and underside in light yellow....
    , Vulpes chama
  • Corsac Fox
    Corsac Fox

    The Corsac Fox , also known as the Steppe Fox, is a medium sized Asiatic fox species spread throughout the central steppes of Asia. It is very social and lives in "corsac cities" where animals have several dens with connected holes....
    , Vulpes corsac
  • Tibetan Sand Fox, Vulpes ferrilata
  • Rüppell's Fox
    Rüppell's Fox

    R?ppell's Fox , also spelled Rueppell's Fox and also called the Sand Fox, is a species of fox living in North Africa and the Middle East, from Morocco to Afghanistan....
    , Vulpes rueppellii
  • Swift Fox
    Swift Fox

    The Swift Fox is a small orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Colorado, New Mexico and Texas....
    , Vulpes velox
  • Red Fox
    Red Fox

    The Red Fox is a mammal of the order Carnivora. In the British Isles, where there are no longer any other native wild canids, it is referred to simply as "the fox"....
    , Vulpes vulpes
  • Tame Silver Fox
    Tame Silver Fox

    The Domesticated Silver Fox is the result of nearly 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia to domestication the Polymorphism of the Red Fox....
    , Vulpes vulpes ?


Fennec Fox, Vulpes zerda