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Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a l
Vulpes vulpes ssp fulvus
Comparative illustration of skulls of a true fox (left) and gray fox (right), with differing temporal ridges and subangular lobes indicated
Arctic fox curled up in snow
Two young foxes play in the snow in southern Sweden.
Vulpes
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Vulpes is a genus of the subfamily Caninae. The members of this genus are colloquially referred to as true foxes, meaning they form a proper clade. The word "fox" occurs in the common names of all spe
Fox
…triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species belong to the monophyletic "true fox" group of genus Vulpes. Another 25 current or extinct species are sometimes called foxes but are either part of the paraphyletic group of the South American foxes or belong…
Genus vulpes
Artistic reconstruction of Vulpes stenognathus
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in winter pelage.
Indian Fox in a Grassland