red fox
Species of mammal
Also known as Vulpes vulpes · fox · Red fox · European fox · Eurasian fox · Red Fox
- Scientific name
- Vulpes vulpes
3
Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
- 2.Stated in Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)Retrieved 2015-09-19
- 3.Stated in A Guide to the Mammals of China
- Vulpes vulpes
- Rank
- species
3
Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
- 2.Stated in Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)Retrieved 2015-09-19
- 3.Stated in A Guide to the Mammals of China
- species
- Parent taxon
- Vulpes
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-09-19
- 2.Stated in Mammal Species of the World (Third edition)Retrieved 2015-09-19
- Vulpes
- Conservation status
- least concern
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Sources- 1.Stated in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2Retrieved 2023-01-02
- least concern
- Life expectancy
- 5 years
1
Sources- 1.“Hunter, L. (2011). Carnivores of the World. Princeton University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-691-15227-1.”
- 5 years
- Taxon range
- Canada
- , United States
- , Ireland
- +57 more
Overview
All data
208 statements · 35% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Gestation period
- 52 days
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- 52 days
- Main food source
- Oryctolagus
- fruit nature of statement: sometimes
- Longest observed lifespan
- 21.3 years
- Height
- 0.425 m
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Sources- 1.“Burnie D and Wilson DE (eds.), Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645”
- 0.425 m
- Taxon author citation
- Linnaeus, 1758
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- Linnaeus, 1758
- Short name
- V. vulpes
- Hashtag
- vulpesvulpes
- IPA transcription
- ˈʁoːtˌfʊks language: German
- Taxon common name
- red fox
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- silver fox
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- cross fox
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- fox
- European fox
- zorro
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- zorro rojo
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- Renard roux
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- Rotfuchs
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Sources- 1.Stated in Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names
- 2.Stated in Belgian Species Listspecies.be/en/4702Retrieved 2019-06-06
- raposa
- vos
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Sources- 1.Stated in Belgian Species Listspecies.be/en/4702Retrieved 2019-06-06
- kettu
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Sources- 1.Stated in Finnish Biodiversity Information Facilitylaji.fi/taxon/MX.46587Retrieved 2019-10-31
- rabosa
- 赤狐
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Sources- 1.Stated in China' s mammalian diversity
- 2.Stated in list of endangered and protected species of China
- rødrev
- 붉은여우
- الثعلب الأحمر
- アカギツネ
- lisica
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Sources- 1.Stated in Q140332069
- 2.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:305294
- 3.Stated in Q140382485
- rdeča lisica
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- navadna lisica
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Sources- 1.Stated in Q140355365
- 2.“SGC – splošni geslovnik COBISS.SI”plus-legacy.cobiss.net/cobiss/adz/sl/sgc/7706472?ds=trueRetrieved 2026-07-01
- red fox
On other databases
77 identifiers linking red fox across the web's reference databases
- ADW taxon IDVulpes_vulpes
- ARKive ID (archived)red-fox/vulpes-vulpes
- ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID1005977
- Australian Faunal Directory IDVulpes_vulpes
- BBC Things IDd869c630-3565-47c0-9166-427fdfdc0f21
- Belgian Species List ID4702
- BioLib taxon ID1916
- Biota Information System of New Mexico species ID050240
- BOLD Systems taxon ID16440
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDrotfuchs
- CalPhotos taxon IDVulpes+vulpes
- Catalogue of Life ID5BSG3
- Czech NDOP taxon ID34379
- Dyntaxa ID206026
- E-Fauna BC species IDVulpes vulpes
- EASIN IDR16120
- EBiodiversity ID109149
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID175405
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDanimal/red-fox-mammal
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3Fjltz
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)171956
- Encyclopedia of Life ID328609
- EPPO CodeVULPVU
- Fauna Europaea ID305294
- Fauna Europaea New ID84f2e35f-eea0-4289-99c9-e6262bb0e386
- FEIS IDanimals/mammal/vuvu
- Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List IDMX.46587
- Fossilworks taxon ID52691
- Freebase ID/m/02r5q6
- GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)5219243
- Global Invasive Species Database ID66
- Global Species ID834086
- GND ID4178532-0
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDrødrev
- Idaho Species ID19641
- INaturalist taxon ID42069
- India Biodiversity Portal species ID257338
- Interlingual Index IDi46579
- Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID59487
- IRMNG ID11162128
- ITIS TSN180604
- IUCN taxon ID23062
- J9U entity ID987007565759205171
- KBpedia IDRedFox
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh85112058
- Lille norske leksikon IDrev
- Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID835
- Montana Field Guide species IDAMAJA03010
- MSW ID14000892
- Museum-digital tag ID123452
- NALT ID41357
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDtaxon/668526BA-CDCA-4AF6-91BB-445F8741DA7A
- Naturbasen species ID925/raev
- NatureServe Explorer ID2.105935
- NBIC scientific name ID48034
- NBN System KeyNHMSYS0000080188
- NCBI taxonomy ID9627
- Nederlands Soortenregister ID139006
- NWT Species IDvulpes-vulpes
- Observation.org taxon ID428
- ODNR Division of Wildlife IDmammals/red-fox
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning5726
- Open Tree of Life ID821964
- Personality Database profile ID50800
- Queensland Biota ID1071
- Salzburgwiki ID102842
- TAXREF ID60585
- Tierstimmenarchiv ID18647
- Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID8496252
- Vikidia article IDfr:Renard_roux
- Wellcome Collection concept IDjnmpnewa
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID02121674-n
- WoRMS-ID for taxa1457401
- Xeno-canto species IDVulpes-vulpes
- Yale LUX IDconcept/3aa52be7-d364-47e2-b9f5-dbcf9aa3dd70
- YSO ID2228
- ZOBODAT taxon ID26243