Editing Fox (section)

===Domestication===
[[File:A tame fox cub at home with Mr and Mrs Gordon Jones, Talysarn (4478261667).jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|A tame fox in [[Talysarn]], Wales]]
{{see also|Domesticated silver fox|Red fox#Taming and domestication}}
There are many records of [[Red fox#Taming and domestication|domesticated red foxes]] and others, but rarely of sustained domestication. A recent and notable exception is the [[Domesticated red fox|Russian silver fox]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://redhotrussia.com/domestic-foxes-novosibirsk/|title=The most affectionate foxes are bred in Novosibirsk|publisher=Redhotrussia|access-date=2014-04-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118001034/http://redhotrussia.com/domestic-foxes-novosibirsk/|archive-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref> which resulted in visible and behavioral changes, and is a case study of an animal population modeling according to human domestication needs. The current group of domesticated silver foxes are the result of nearly fifty years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia to [[de novo domestication|''de novo'' domesticate]] the silver morph of the red fox. This selective breeding resulted in physical and behavioral traits appearing that are frequently seen in domestic cats, dogs, and other animals, such as pigmentation changes, floppy ears, and curly tails.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.floridalupine.org/publications/PDF/trut-fox-study.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030313011550/http://floridalupine.org/publications/PDF/trut-fox-study.pdf |archive-date=2003-03-13 |url-status=live|first=Lyudmila N.|last=Trut|title=Early Canid Domestication: The Fox Farm Experiment|journal=American Scientist|volume=87|issue=2|pages=160|year=1999|doi=10.1511/1999.2.160|bibcode=1999AmSci..87.....T}}</ref> Notably, the new foxes became more tame, allowing themselves to be petted, whimpering to get attention and sniffing and licking their caretakers.<ref name=mason>Kenneth Mason, Jonathan Losos, Susan Singer, Peter Raven, George Johnson(2011)''Biology Ninth Edition'', p. 423. McGraw-Hill, New York.{{ISBN|978-0-07-353222-6}}.</ref>