Species profile—Vulpes vulpes (red fox)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Canidae (dogs and foxes) → Vulpes vulpes (red fox)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Canidae (dogs and foxes)
- Scientific name
- Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- red fox
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1071
- Alternate name(s)
- European red fox
European fox
fox - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1071.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
