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==Classification== Canids commonly known as foxes include the following genera and species:<ref name=Lloyd1980 /> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Genus !! Species !! Picture |- | ''[[Canis]]'' || [[Ethiopian wolf]], sometimes called the Simien fox or Simien jackal || [[File:Canis simensis .jpg|thumb|[[Ethiopian wolf]], native to the Ethiopian highlands]] |- | ''[[Cerdocyon]]'' || [[Crab-eating fox]]|| [[File:Maikong in Villamaría, Caldas, Colombia 3.jpg|thumb|[[Crab-eating fox]], a South American species]] |- | † ''[[Dusicyon]]'' || [[extinction|Extinct]] [[genus]], including the [[Falkland Islands wolf]], sometimes known as the Falklands Islands fox || [[File:FalklandIslandFox2.jpg|thumb| [[Falkland Islands wolf]] Illustration by [[John Gerrard Keulemans]] (1842–1912)]] |- | ''[[Lycalopex]]'' || *[[Culpeo]] or Andean fox *[[Darwin's fox]] *[[South American gray fox]] *[[Pampas fox]] *[[Sechuran fox]] *[[Hoary fox]] || [[File:Aguarachay, Departamento de Flores, Uruguay 5.jpg|thumb|A [[pampas fox]] in Departamento de Flores, Uruguay]] |- | ''[[Otocyon]]'' || [[Bat-eared fox]]|| [[File:Bat eared fox Kenya crop.jpg|thumb|[[Bat-eared fox]] in [[Kenya]]]] |- | ''[[Urocyon]]'' || * [[Gray fox]] * [[Island fox]] * [[Cozumel fox]] (undescribed) || [[File:Gray fox (22893897420).jpg|thumb|[[Gray fox]] (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus''), in Midtown, Palo Alto, California]] |- | ''[[Vulpes]]'' || *[[Arctic fox]] *[[Bengal fox]] *[[Blanford's fox]] *[[Cape fox]] *[[Corsac fox]] *[[Fennec fox]] *[[Kit fox]] *[[Pale fox]] *[[Rüppell's fox]] *[[Red fox]] *[[Swift fox]] *[[Tibetan sand fox]] || [[File:Fennec Fox.jpg|thumb|The [[fennec fox]] is the smallest species of fox]] |} [[File:Räv vid Revhusen i Ystad - Juli 2012..jpg|thumb|Red fox]]
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