Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush").
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Foxes are small-to-medium-sized mammals in the dog family that eat both plants and animals, and they're recognizable by their distinctive features including a pointed snout, upright triangular ears, and a long bushy tail. They matter as notable members of the carnivore family found across various ecosystems around the world.
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22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Phylogenetic relationships
- Biology
- General morphology
- Pelage
- Dentition
- Behaviour
- Sexual characteristics
- Vocalization
- Classification
- Conservation
- ''Urocyon littoralis''
- ''Pseudalopex fulvipes''
- Relationships with humans
- As food
- Hunting
- Domestication
- Urban settings
- In popular culture
- Notes
- References
- External links
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush").
Twelve species belong to the monophyletic "true fox" group of genus Vulpes. Another 25 current or extinct species are sometimes called foxes – they are part of the paraphyletic group of the South American foxes or an outlying group, which consists of the bat-eared fox, gray fox, and island fox.