red fox (Vulpes vulpes) RED FOX. (PAGE 53)
Date 1909
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6286177468
Author John Burroughs
Full title Squirrels and other fur-bearers / by John Burroughs. With fifteen illustrations in colors after Audubon, and a frontispiece from life.
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The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), largest of the true foxes, has the greatest geographic range of all members of the Carnivora family, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. Vulpes vulpes females are called vixens, and young cubs, pups, or kits. The scientific term vulpes derives from the Latin word for fox.