Red fox Temporal range:
Mid-Pleistocene–Recent | |
---|---|
A red fox, photographed at the British Wildlife Centre Surrey | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | |
Binomial name | |
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
| |
Distribution of the red fox. Basically, they are all over the northern hemisphere |
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a mammal of the order Carnivora. It is the biggest and most well-known species of fox. Red foxes are sometimes hunted for sport, or killed as pests or carriers of rabies.[2]