| Taxonomic Hierarchy 
        
          |  |  |  |  |  |  | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals |  |  |  | Subkingdom | Bilateria 
 – triploblasts |  |  |  | Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |  |  |  | Phylum | Chordata 
 – cordés, cordado, chordates |  |  |  | Subphylum | Vertebrata 
 – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates |  |  |  | Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |  |  |  | Superclass | Tetrapoda |  |  |  | Class | Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals |  |  |  | Subclass | Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897 |  |  |  | Infraclass | Eutheria Gill, 1872 |  |  |  | Order | Carnivora Bowdich, 1821
 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores |  |  |  | Suborder | Caniformia Kretzoi, 1938
 – dog-like carnivores |  |  |  | Family | Canidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
 – coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves |  |  |  | Genus | Vulpes Frisch, 1775
 – kit foxes, red foxes |  |  |  | Species | Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
 – Silver Fox, Cross Fox, Red Fox, renard roux |  |  |  | Subspecies | Vulpes vulpes necator Merriam, 1900 |  |  
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