Red fox

Red fox Temporal range: Mid-Pleistocene–Recent
A red fox, photographed at the British Wildlife Centre Surrey
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Tribe:	Vulpini
Genus:	Vulpes
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]

1. ↑ Macdonald D.W. & Reynolds J.C. (2008). "Vulpes vulpes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
2. ↑ Terrance B. Adamson. "Red fox facts". National Geographic Society. Retrieved 2010-12-27.