* Alopex (arctic fox) |
Red Fox
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It includes the genus Vulpes and several others. V. vulpes is the world-wide Red Fox, often taken to be the fox.
Foxes are not pack-hunting animals, but are solitary hunters that encroach on each others' territories usually only during the mating season.
Foxes include members of the following genera:
The term fox does not include dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals who are members of the genus Canis.