red fox (Vulpes vulpes) Engraving of a hill fox by J. G. Keunemans
Date 1890
Source Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae
Author St. George Jackson Mivart, 1827-1900
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keulemans_hill_fox.png
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.