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Taxon: Genus Vulpes Frisch, 1775 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: 29o;11f;21g; ‡1f
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Count: 28o;9f;21g; ‡1f
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Count: [**] 15f;125g;282s;1263ss; ‡1g;4s;5ss; †1s
       Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
      Count: [**] 9f;71g;161s;766ss; ‡1g;4s;2ss; †1s
         Family Canidae Batsch, 1788 - dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes
        Count: [**] 12g;34s;205ss; ‡1g;1s; †1s
           Genus Vulpes Frisch, 1775 - foxes
          Count: [*] 12s;62ss
             01 Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw, 1800) - Bengal fox
            Count: -
             02 Vulpes cana Blanford, 1877 - Blanford's fox
            Count: -
             03 Vulpes chama (Smith, 1833) - Cape fox
            Count: -
             04 Vulpes corsac (Linnaeus, 1768) - Corsac fox
            Count: [*] 3ss
             05 Vulpes ferrilata Hodgson, 1842 - Tibetan sand fox
            Count: -
             06 Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - arctic fox
            Count: [*] 4ss
             07 Vulpes macrotis Merriam, 1888 - kit fox
            Count: -
             08 Vulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1826) - pale fox
            Count: [*] 5ss
             09 Vulpes rueppellii (Schinz, 1825) - Rüppell's fox
            Count: [*] 5ss
             10 Vulpes velox (Say, 1823) - swift fox
            Count: -
             11 Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) - red fox
            Count: [*] 45ss
             12 Vulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780) - fennec fox
            Count: -

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