Vulpes (vulpez)

[NL. (Bri on, 1756), Vulpinæ, whose type species is the common red fox, Canis vulpes of earlier naturalists, now Vulpes vulgar is or V. fulvus. All the vulpine quad rupeds have been placed in this genus, which, however, is now restricted by the exclusion of such forms as Uro cyon (the gray foxes of America), Otocyon or Mega lot is of Africa, and Nyctereutes of Japan. Even with these restrictions there are numerous species, of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America (none in South America) different types represented by the African fennec ( Vulpes ( Fennec us ) zerda ), the Asiatic corsac ( V. corsac ), the North American kit ( V. velox ), and the circumpolar is at is, or arctic fox ( V. lagopus ). See cuts under arctic, cro -fox, fennec, fox, and kit - fox. closely related to the common as well as