Foxes Foxes The Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus or Vulpes lagopus) is a small fox native to cold Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Although some authorities have suggested placing them in the genus Vulpes, they have long been considered the sole member of the genus Alopex. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arctic Fox"
The Bat-eared Fox is a canid of the African savanna. It is named after its huge ears. Bat-eared Foxes have tawny fur, their ears, legs and parts of the face are black. They are 55 cm in length (head and body), their ears are 13 cm long. It is the only species in the genus Otocyon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bat-eared Fox"
The Bengal Fox (Vulpes bengalensis) or Indian Fox is a fox, to be found in the southern Himalaya, in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bengal Fox"
The Blanford's Fox (Vulpes cana), is a small fox found in certain regions of the Middle East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blanford's Fox"
The Cape Fox (Vulpes chama), also called Cama Fox or Silver-backed Fox is a small fox. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cape Fox"
The Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also called the common fox or forest fox is a medium-sized fox and is found in South America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crab-eating Fox"
Darwin's Fox or Darwin's Zorro (Pseudalopex fulvipes) is a small endangered canine from the genus Pseudalopex. Darwin's Fox was first collected from Chiloë Island off the coast of Chile by the naturalist Charles Darwin in 1834. It was long held that Darwin's Fox was a subspecies of the Grey zorro (P. griseus); however, the discovery of a small population of Darwin's Fox on the mainland in Nahuelbuta National Park in 1990 and subsequent genetic analysis has clarified the fox's status as a unique species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darwin's Fox"
The Falkland Island Fox (Dusicyon australis, formerly named Canis antarcticus), also known as the Warrah and occasionally as the Falkland Island Wolf or Antarctic Wolf and by Argentine writers as the Malvinas Zorro, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. This endemic canid became extinct in 1876, the only known canid to have gone extinct in historical times. The most closely related species to the monotypic genus Dusicyon among southern-hemisphere foxes is Pseudalopex griseus, the culpeo or Patagonian fox. ...more on Wikipedia about "Falkland Island Fox"
The Fennec is a small fox found in the desert of Northern Africa (excluding the coast) which have distinctive oversized ears. Although some authorities classify this as the only species of the genus Fennecus, it is shown here in the genus Vulpes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fennec"
A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. The animal most commonly called a fox in the Western world is the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), although different species of foxes can be found on almost every continent. The presence of foxes all over the globe has led to their appearance in the popular culture and folklore of many nations, tribes, and other cultural groups. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fox"
The Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is a species of fox distributed from southern Canada to Venezuela. Young foxes are called kits. A group of foxes is a skulk. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gray Fox"
Hoary Fox, Pseudalopex vetulus, is a species of fox endemic to Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoary Fox"
The Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. It is the smallest fox species in the United States. There are six subspecies of the fox, each unique to the island it inhabits, reflecting its evolutionary history. Other names for the Island Fox include Coast Fox, Short-Tailed Fox, Island Gray Fox, Channel Islands Fox, Channel Islands Gray Fox, California Channel Island Fox and Insular Gray Fox. ...more on Wikipedia about "Island Fox"
The Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a relatively common North American fox. Its range extends into northern Mexico. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the Swift Fox V. velox, but molecular systematics imply that the two species are distinct. It has a generally gray coat, with rusty tones, and a black tip to its tail. Unlike the Gray Fox it has no stripe along the length of its tail. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kit Fox"
Kitsune (Kanji:狐) is the Japanese word for fox. Japan has two kinds of fox: the Japanese Red Fox (Hondo kitsune living in Honshu; Vulpes vulpes japonica) and Hokkaido Fox (Kita kitsune living in Hokkaido; Vulpes vulpes schrencki). They are also associated with mythical beliefs in Japanese folklore. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kitsune"
Kudagitsune is the Pipe Fox in Japanese Mythology. It is a spirit that inhabits pipes and flutes, and other inanimate objects, and has the power to summon elemental forces (wind, lightning, fire, and water) and cast illusions. It is also called the Pipe Kitsune (see Kitsune). The kudagitsune appears in Digimon Season 3, when the fox-like Sakuyamon summons multiple kudagitsunes to attack her enemies, and in the handheld game Digimon Acclerator Ultimate Genome, there is a Digimon called Kudamon, which is a kudagitsune Digimon (shown as a ghostly fox encircling a golden flute). In the Manga series xxxHolic, a man named Kimihiro Watanuki must help an oversized kudagitsune fit in its pipe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kudagitsune"
Pampas Fox (Pseudalopex gymnocercus), also known as Azara's fox, is a medium sized fox native to South America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pampas Fox"
The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes or Vulpes fulva), the most familiar of the foxes, has the widest range of any terrestrial carnivore. The largest species within the genus Vulpes, Red Foxes have a native range spanning most of North America and Eurasia, with several populations in North Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Red Fox"
The Sechuran Fox (Pseudalopex sechurae), also called Peruvian Desert Fox and sechuran zorro is a South American species of canid. The Sechuran fox is the smallest of the South American foxes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sechura Fox"
The Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) is a small fox found in the western grasslands of North America, for example in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. They also live in Sackechewan and Alberta in Canada. Some mammalogists classify it as conspecific with the Kit FoxScientists have distunguised the kit from the sift fox. The kit fox is slightly larger than the swift fox. The Swift Fox has a narrower snout. V. microtus, but molecular systematics imply that the two species are distinct. ...more on Wikipedia about "Swift Fox"
The Tibetan Fox (Vulpes ferrilata), also called the Tibetan Sand Fox or simply the Sand Fox, is a species of true fox that inhabits the high Tibetan Plateau in Nepal, China, and India, up to altitudes of about 5300 m. The fox was first described by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1842. It has the highest sound sensitivity of all foxes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tibetan Fox" If you like you could tell us your opinion about shortopedia
The genus Urocyon contains two Western Hemisphere members of the fox family, the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the closely related Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis), of the family Canidae. They are the only canids able to climb trees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Urocyon"
In certain animals, including European badgers, foxes, and wolves, the violet gland or supracaudal gland is an important gland located in the tail. It is used for scent marking and contributes to the strong odor of foxes. Although it secretes a mixture of volatile terpenes similar to those produced by violets (hence the name), the chemicals are produced in much greater quantity than in flowers and the resulting strong smell can be quite unpleasant. Like many other mammalian secretion glands, the violet gland consists of modified sweat glands and sebaceous glands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Violet gland"
Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. It includes the true foxes, although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word "fox". ...more on Wikipedia about "Vulpes"
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