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Vulpes vulpes  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180604

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Red Fox [English]
  
    renard roux [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 -- cachorro do mato, carnivores, carnivores, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra  
                      SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 -- dog-like carnivores  
                         FamilyCanidae Fischer, 1817 -- coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves  
                            GenusVulpes Frisch, 1775 -- kit foxes, red foxes  
                               SpeciesVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Red Fox, renard roux  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes abietorum Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes alascensis Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes alpherakyi Satunin, 1906  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes anatolica Thomas, 1920  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes arabica Thomas, 1902  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes atlantica (Wagner, 1841)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes bangsi Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes barbara (Shaw, 1800)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes beringiana (Middendorff, 1875)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes cascadensis Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes caucasica Dinnik, 1914  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes crucigera (Bechstein, 1789)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes daurica Ognev, 1931  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes deletrix Bangs, 1898  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes dolichocrania Ognev, 1926  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes dorsalis (J. E. Gray, 1838)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes flavescens J. E. Gray, 1843  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes fulvus (Desmarest, 1820)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes griffithi Blyth, 1854  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes harrimani Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes hoole Swinhoe, 1870  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes ichnusae Miller, 1907  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes indutus Miller, 1907  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes jakutensis Ognev, 1923  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes japonica J. E. Gray, 1868  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes karagan (Erxleben, 1777)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes kenaiensis Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes kurdistanica Satunin, 1906  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes macroura Baird, 1852  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes montana (Pearson, 1836)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes necator Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes niloticus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes ochroxantha Ognev, 1926  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes palaestina Thomas, 1920  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes peculiosa Kishida, 1924  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes pusilla Blyth, 1854  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes regalis Merriam, 1900  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes rubricosa Bangs, 1898  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes schrenckii Kishida, 1924  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes silacea Miller, 1907  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes splendidissima Kishida, 1924  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes stepensis Brauner, 1914  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes tobolica Ognev, 1926  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes tschiliensis Matschie, 1907  
                                  Subspecies Vulpes vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Red Fox [English], renard roux [French]   
       
  Source: Mammal Species of the World, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/   
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes, Red Fox   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Vulpes vulpes   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix III (India) as V. vulpes griffithi, V. v. montana and V. v. pusilla; IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Reviewed by Larivière and Pasitschniak (1996). Synonyms allocated according to Larivière and Pasitschniak (1996)  
 

 

    

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