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Vulpes vulpes (red fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Canis alopex Linnaeus p. 40
1758Canis vulpes Linnaeus p. 40
1829Vulpes fulva Desmarest
1835Canis vulpes montana Pearson p. 324
1900Vulpes cascadensis Merriam p. 665 fig. 3
1911Vulpes vulpes Thomas p. 134
1917Vulpes palmaria Hay
1959Vulpes vulpes Churcher
1967Vulpes fulva Wilson p. 211
1968Vulpes vulpes Kurten p. 115
1978Vulpes vulpes van Gelder
1980Vulpes vulpes Kurten and Anderson p. 174
1993Vulpes vulpes Wilson and Reeder
2008Vulpes vulpes Wang et al.
2011Vulpes vulpes Geraads
2022Vulpes vulpes Koufos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
genusVulpesFrisch 1775
speciesvulpes()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 [red fox]
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Invalid names: Canis alopex Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Canis vulpes montana Pearson 1835 [synonym], Vulpes fulva Desmarest 1829 [synonym], Vulpes palmaria Hay 1917 [synonym], Vulpes vulpes cascadensis Merriam 1900 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available