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Red foxes are members of the canidae family - dogs. It includes jackals, dingoes, wolves, coyotes, etc. For more information click on this link.

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A fox is related to dogs more closely than to cats.

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Foxes belong to the dog family, along with wolves and coyotes.

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The red fox is a canid, a member of the dog family.

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red foxes are part of the dog family

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What type of vertebrate is a red fox placed in?

The red fox is an omnivorus mammal belonging to the canine (dog) family.


What genus does the fox belong to?

Foxes have been thought to be in the dog family or the cat family but it is in neither, the real classification is Vulpine, which is a genus that shows resemblance to both categories but doesn't belong to either.


What vertebrate type is a red fox?

Foxes are mammals, omnivores, and members of the canine (dog) family.


Can you have a red fox as a guide dog?

No. Because a Fox is not a Dog. You may be able to use the fox as a guide animal, but a fox is not a dog.


Is it legal to have a pet fox in Alberta?

yes because foxes live in every part of alberta.


What animal group does the red fox belong?

The fox is a canine and is a member of that family. Canines (Canidae) are carnivores (Carnivora), which are mammals (Mammalia).


What is the similarity between red fox and grey fox?

The only relationship between the red fox and the dingo is the fact that they are both canid species. However, the dingo is in the dog family, with a scientific name of "canis lupus dingo", while the fox is not, with its scientific name of "vulpes vulpes".


What family does the Arctic fox belong to?

It's relatives are the red fox, the swift fox, the kit fox and the cosac fox. There is also the cape fox, the pale fox, the Bengal fox and the gray fox. The more primative relatives are the tibetan fox, blanford's fox, ruppell's fox and the fennec fox.


What was the show with the dog and the red cat it was on Nickelodeon?

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Who are the wolf's relatives?

coyote, African wild dog, fennec fox, domenestic dog ,red fox, dingo


How does a red fox live in groups?

The red fox lives in family groups of the parents and their young.


What are some family members of the gray fox?

a red fox is related to a gray fox