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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- red fox
(mammal)
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Vulpes (Genus) - foxes
..Vulpes bengalensis (Species) - Bengal fox
..Vulpes cana (Species) - Blanford's fox
..Vulpes chama (Species) - Cape fox
..Vulpes corsac (Species) - Corsac fox
..Vulpes ferrilata (Species) - Tibetan sand fox
..Vulpes lagopus (Species) - arctic fox
..Vulpes macrotis (Species) - kit fox
..Vulpes pallida (Species) - pale fox
..Vulpes rueppellii (Species) - Rüppell's fox
..†Vulpes vafer (Species)
..Vulpes velox (Species) - swift fox
..Vulpes zerda (Species) - fennec fox
..Vulpes vulpes (Species) - red fox
....Vulpes vulpes abietorum (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes alascensis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes alpherakyi (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes anatolica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes arabica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes atlantica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes bangsi (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes barbara (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes beringiana (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes cascadensis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes caucasica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes crucigera (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes daurica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes deletrix (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes dolichocrania (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes dorsalis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes flavescens (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes fulvus (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes griffithi (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes harrimani (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes hoole (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes ichnusae (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes indutus (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes jakutensis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes japonica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes karagan (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes kenaiensis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes macroura (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes montana (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes necator (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes niloticus (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes ochroxantha (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes palaestina (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes peculiosa (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes pusilla (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes regalis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes rubricosa (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes schrenckii (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes silacea (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes splendidissima (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes stepensis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes tobolica (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes tschiliensis (Subspecies)
....Vulpes vulpes vulpes (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 40.
Original rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type, by original designation, of
:
Vulpes
(Genus)
Frisch, 1775
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Vulpes vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Combinations
Basionym
:
Canis vulpes
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Vulpes fulva
Desmarest, 1829
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
vos
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
red fox
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 585.
:
silver fox
:
cross fox
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