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{{Taxonomy|image = Vulpes vulpes.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Carnivora|suborder = Caniformia |family = Canidae|subfamily = caninae|genus = Vulpes|species = V. vulpes (Red Fox)<br>V. velox (Swift Fox)<br>V. macrotis (Kit Fox)<br>V. corsac (Steppe Fox)<br>V. chama (Cape Fox)<br>V. pallida (Pale Fox)<br>V. bengalensis (Bengal Fox)<br>V. ferrilata (Tibetan Fox)<br>V. cana (Blanford's Fox)<br>V. rueppelli (Rueppell's Fox)<br>V. zerda ([[Fennec fox|Fennec Fox]])|footnotes = <center>'''''Genus: Alopex''' A. lagopus ([[Arctic Fox]])''<br>'''''Genus: Urocyon''' U. cinereoargenteus (Gray Fox)''<br>''U. littoralis (Island Fox)<br>''</center>}}
{{Taxonomy
|name=Fox
|image=
|caption=
|domain=Eukaryota
|kingdom=Animalia
|subkingdom=Bilateria
|branch=Deuterostomia
|superphylum=
|phylum=Chordata
|subphylum=Vertebrata
|infraphylum=Gnathostomata
|microphylum=
|superdivision=
|division=
|subdivision=
|superclass=Tetrapoda
|class=Mammalia
|subclass=Theriiformes
|infraclass=Holotheria
|superorder=Preptotheria
|order=Carnivora
|suborder=Caniformia
|infraorder=Cynoidea
|superfamily=
|families=
|family=Canidae
|subfamily=Caninae
|supertribe=
|tribe=Vulpini
|subtribe=
|genera=''Cerdocyon''<br/>''Lycalopex''<br/>''Otocyon''<br/>''Urocyon''<br/>''Vulpes''
}}
<small>''See [[Fox News Channel]] for the television network''.</small>
'''"Fox"''' refers to several species of wild canid, consisting of five genera and 22 living species found throughout the world.
''See [[Fox News Channel]] for the television network''.
==Species==
*Genus ''Cerdocyon''
::[[Crab-eating fox]], ''Cerdocyon thous''
*Genus ''Lycalopex'' (South American foxes)
::[[Andean fox]], ''Lycalopex culpaeus''
::[[Darwin's fox]], ''Lycalopex fulvipes''
::[[Hoary fox]], ''Lycalopex vetulus''
::[[Pampas fox]], ''Lycalopex gymnocercus''
::[[Sechuran fox]], ''Lycalopex sechurae''
::[[South American gray fox]], ''Lycalopex griseus''
*Genus ''Otocyon''
::[[Bat-eared fox]], ''Otocyon megalotis''
*Genus ''Urocyon''
::[[Gray fox]], ''Urocyon cinereoargenteus''
::[[Island fox]], ''Urocyon littoralis''
:Genus ''Vulpes'' (true foxes)
::[[Arctic fox]], ''Vulpes lagopus''
::[[Bengal fox]], ''Vulpes bengalensis''
::[[Blanford's fox]], ''Vulpes cana''
::[[Cape fox]], ''Vulpes chama''
::[[Corsac fox]], ''Vulpes corsac''
::[[Fenec fox]], ''Vulpes zerda''
::[[Kit fox]], ''Vulpes macrotis''
::[[Pale fox]], ''Vulpes pallida''
::[[Red fox]], ''Vulpes vulpes''
::[[Rüppell's fox]], ''Vulpes rueppellii''
::[[Swift fox]], ''Vulpes velox''
::[[Tibetan sand fox]], ''Vulpes ferrilata''
[[Category:Canines]]
[[Category:Canines]]