Fox or a fox - the common name of several species of canids mlekopitayuschihsemeystva. Only 10 species of this group belong to the genus itself foxes (lat.Vulpes). The most well-known and common representative -obyknovennaya fox (Vulpes vulpes). Foxes are found in folkloremnogih peoples around the world.
According to modern ideas about filogeniipsovyh [1], a group of foxes in the understanding, which is used in this
- polyphyletic, therefore, unsuitable for use as a taxon.