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Also Known As	common fox • Vulpes vulpes

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Red fox, Vulpes vulpes, with reddish fur and bushy tail walking across snow with trees in the background.

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

World map showing the geographic range of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), with orange areas marking its natural extant range across most of North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Green highlights regions where the red fox has been introduced, such as parts of Australia, and a small red area in Japan indicates where the species is extant and vagrant. Africa, South America, and Antarctica are not included in the red fox's range.

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Illustrated chart showing the footprints of eight animals-opossum, skunk, raccoon, red fox, woodchuck, cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel, and muskrat-each with labeled front and hind foot tracks next to a drawing of the animal.

Following a fox family in northern Germany

How young red foxes survive in Germany

Following newborn fox pups

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