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What species are foxes?

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The most common fox is the red fox! I can't tell you off the top of my head how many there are, but there are somewhere between 20-25 individual species of foxes, as well as numerous subspecies. There are several debates as to whether some foxes are their own species or subspecies, so it all depends on who you ask. In North America alone, there are the red fox (which includes several subspecies in this and other countries as well as different color phases including marble, silver, etc), the gray fox, island fox (including 6 subspecies island fox living only off the California coast and highly endangered), Arctic fox, swift, and kit fox (some say swift and kit are the same species). There are also many other species. To name a few we have: fennec, crab-eating fox, South American gray fox (completely different than our gray fox and thought to be extinct), bat-eared, culpeo, cape, small-eared dog, ruppell's, tibetan, indian, pale, darwin, the chilla, sechura, azaras, corsac, and I may be missing some. Also some people say that the maned wolf and raccoon dog are also considered foxes. There are "true foxes" of genus Vulpes, Urocyon, Otocyon, and Alopex.
there is 4 main foxes the rest are fakes.

  1. red fox
  2. grey fox
  3. arctic fox
  4. fennec fox

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Well you've got the right person! I am a fox fanatic! I luv em'. Anyways, there are five major types of foxes. Red fox, Gray fox, Arctic fox, Fennec fox, and Swift fox. Hope this was helpful!

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Arctic fox

Azara's zorro (also known as Pampas fox)

Bat-eared fox

Bengal fox

Blanford's fox (or Blandford's)

Cape fox

Corsac fox

Crab-eating fox

Culpeo

Darwin's fox

Fennec fox

Gray fox

Grey zorro

Hoary zorro

Island Gray fox

Kit fox

Pale fox

Red fox

Ruppell's fox

Sechuran zorro

Small-eared zorro

Swift fox

Tibetan fox

A whole bunch.

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The many different kinds of foxes include the: Red Fox, Arctic Fox, Silver Fox, Kit Fox, Swift Fox, Grey Fox, Blue Fox and the Fennec or Desert Fox.

There seems to be other kinds of foxes, including, but not limited to, the: Crab-eating Fox, "Maned Wolf", Falkland Island Fox, Hoary Fox, Bat-eared Fox, Island Fox and the Cozumel Fox.

**Please note that there is no such species as the Fire Fox.

Subspecies of the foxes listed above are also in existence. However, the subspecies are numerous and too many to mention. More information on the kinds of foxes can be found on fox.

Shadow foxes are a breed between a type of Russian Fox and an Arctic Fox. This breed cannot reproduce and can only be found when breed for their fur. The reason most believe that shadow foxes are not a species is because they cannot live outside of captivity because they are very much unable to keep their species alive in the wild.
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Foxes,their scientific name being to vulpine, are members of the canid family. The term fox is any one of the 27 species of small to medium sized omnivorous. Canids bearing vulpine characteristics, particularly the sharp features and the fluffy tail. They are canines.

Their 'cousins' are wolves.

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Foxes belong to the family Canidae, the dog family.

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Twelve species belong to the group of the Vulpes genus of "true foxes". Approximately another 25 current or extinct species are always or sometimes called foxes; these foxes are either part of the group of South American foxes. For a complete list of species, click on this link.

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Foxes belong to the genus vulpes - the true foxes - and includes:Arctic fox

Bengal fox

Blanford's fox

Cape fox

Corsac fox

Fennec fox

Kit fox

Pale fox

Rüppell's fox

Red fox

Swift fox

Tibetan sand fox


There are a number of others that are included with foxes but are not vulpes.

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There are 12 species of true foxes (genus vulpes) and a number of other related species. For a complete list click on this link.

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there are many kind of foxes like red fox and the artic fox and a fennex fox.

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For a complete list of all fox species, click on this link.

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For a complete list of true foxes and related animals click on this link.

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