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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Vulpes vulpes | Red Fox 



ABBREVIATION : 
VUVU

COMMON NAMES : 
   red fox
   fox


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the red fox is Vulpes vulpes
Linn.  Red foxes belongs to the family Canidae.  Historically red foxes
were classified as two species, Vulpes vulpes in the Old World and V.
fulva in the New World, but today they are considered to be one species
[5,11,36].  Hall [11] recognizes ten subspecies of red fox:

V. vulpes abietorum Merriam 
V. vulpes alascensis Merriam
V. vulpes cascadensis Merriam
V. vulpes fulva (Desmarest)
V. vulpes harrimani Merriam
V. vulpes kenaiensis Merriam
V. vulpes macroura Baird
V. vulpes necator Merriam
V. vulpes regalis Merriam
V. vulpes rubricosa Bangs

Red foxes interbreed with kit foxes (V. velox) [1].


ORDER : 
Carnivora

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, August 1995


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1995. Vulpes vulpes. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Vulpes vulpes | Red Fox