Editing Fox (section)

==Phylogenetic relationships==
[[File:Vulpes vulpes & Urocyon cinereoargenteus skulls & mandibles.jpg|thumb|Comparative illustration of skulls of a true fox (left) and gray fox (right), with differing temporal ridges and subangular lobes indicated]]
Within the Canidae, the results of [[DNA]] analysis shows several [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] divisions:
* The [[Vulpini|fox-like canids]], which include the [[kit fox]] (''Vulpes velox''), [[red fox]] (''Vulpes vulpes''), [[Cape fox]] (''Vulpes chama''), [[Arctic fox]] (''Vulpes lagopus''), [[fennec fox]] (''Vulpes zerda''), and [[bat-eared fox]] (''Otocyon megalotis'') .<ref name=ZhaoZhang2016>{{cite journal |last1=Zhao |first1=Chao |last2=Zhang |first2=Honghai |last3=Liu |first3=Guangshuai |last4=Yang |first4=Xiufeng |last5=Zhang |first5=Jin |title=The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata) and implications for the phylogeny of Canidae |journal=Comptes Rendus Biologies |volume=339 |issue=2 |year=2016 |pages=68–77 |issn=1631-0691 |doi=10.1016/j.crvi.2015.11.005 |pmid=26868757|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The wolf-like canids, (genus ''Canis'', ''Cuon'' and ''Lycaon'') including the [[dog]] ''(Canis lupus familiaris)'', [[gray wolf]] (''Canis lupus''), [[red wolf]] (''Canis rufus''), [[eastern wolf]] (''Canis lycaon''), [[coyote]] (''Canis latrans''), [[golden jackal]] (''Canis aureus''), [[Ethiopian wolf]] (''Canis simensis''), [[black-backed jackal]] (''Canis mesomelas''), [[side-striped jackal]] (''Canis adustus''), [[dhole]] (''Cuon alpinus''), and [[African wild dog]] (''Lycaon pictus'').<ref name=wayne1993>{{cite journal | last=Wayne | first=Robert K. | date=June 1993 | title=Molecular evolution of the dog family | journal=Trends in Genetics | volume=9 | issue=6 | pages=218–224 | pmid=8337763 | url=http://wooferhouse.net/Links/MolecularEvolutionOfTheDogFamily/MolecularEvolutionOfTheDogFamily.htm | doi=10.1016/0168-9525(93)90122-x | access-date=2017-11-25 | archive-date=2021-02-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224183706/http://wooferhouse.net/Links/MolecularEvolutionOfTheDogFamily/MolecularEvolutionOfTheDogFamily.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
* The South American canids, including the [[bush dog]] (''Speothos venaticus''), [[hoary fox]] (''Lycalopex uetulus''), [[crab-eating fox]] (''Cerdocyon thous'') and [[maned wolf]] (''Chrysocyon brachyurus'').<ref name=wayne1993 />
* Various [[monotypic taxon|monotypic taxa]], including the [[gray fox]] (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus'').<ref name=wayne1993 />