fox

Also known as foxes, vixen

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").

AI overview

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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Research

69,045 papers

Human FOX gene family (Review).ReviewInternational journal of oncology · 2004Katoh M, Katoh M
Fox transcription factors: from development to disease.ReviewDevelopment (Cambridge, England) · 2016Golson ML, Kaestner KHDOI: 10.1242/dev.112672
Members of FOX family could be drug targets of cancers.ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics · 2018Wang J, Li W, Zhao Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.08.003
Fox-1 family of RNA-binding proteins.ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2009Kuroyanagi HDOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0120-5
Regulation of Wnt Signaling by FOX Transcription Factors in Cancer.ReviewCancers · 2021Koch SDOI: 10.3390/cancers13143446
The Role of the Fox Gene in Breast Cancer Progression.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pei S, Zhang D, Li Z et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms26041415
The roles of FOX proteins in virus-associated cancers.ReviewJournal of cellular physiology · 2019Ramezani A, Nikravesh H, Faghihloo EDOI: 10.1002/jcp.27295
FOX transcription factors are common regulators of Wnt/β-catenin-dependent gene transcription.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2023Moparthi L, Koch SDOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104667

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections

Contents

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

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.

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