Definition of Genus Vulpes

1. Noun. Foxes.

Exact synonyms: Vulpes
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Canidae, Family Canidae
Member holonyms: Red Fox, Vulpes Vulpes, Red Fox, Vulpes Fulva, Kit Fox, Prairie Fox, Vulpes Velox, Kit Fox, Vulpes Macrotis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Vulpes

genus Vinca
genus Vincetoxicum
genus Viola
genus Vipera
genus Vireo
genus Virgilia
genus Viscum
genus Vitis
genus Vittaria
genus Viverra
genus Viverricula
genus Volvaria
genus Volvariella
genus Volvox
genus Vorticella
genus Vulpes (current term)
genus Vultur
genus Weigela
genus Welwitchia
genus Welwitschia
genus Wintera
genus Wisteria
genus Wolffia
genus Wolffiella
genus Woodsia
genus Woodwardia
genus Wyethia
genus Wynnea
genus Xanthium
genus Xanthomonas

Literary usage of Genus Vulpes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus Vulpes. The foxes form a distinct group of the Canidae; their bodies are long, with short legs, the muzzle more lengthened in comparison and much ..."

2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"Fox, name of the genus Vulpes of the family ... The genus Vulpes is closely related to Cania. Another genus ( Urocyon ) has much external similarity to ..."

3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"genus Vulpes. Brisson. To the Sub-family characters already indicated may be added : tail with soft fur and long hair, uniformly mixed ; muzzle long; ..."

4. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"This genus, along with others, such as the genus Vulpes, which contains the red fox, constitute the family CANID.S. The CANID^E are included with the bears ..."

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