Vulpes

genus of mammals in the family Canidae
Taxon taxon Q185194
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Vulpes

Summary

Vulpes is a taxon[1]. Vulpes ranks in the top 0.42% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,386 views/month, #824 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vulpes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Vulpes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Vulpes belongs to the parent taxon Vulpini[5].
  • Vulpes is classified within Canidae[6].
  • Vulpes's scientific name is Vulpes[7].
  • Vulpes's Commons category is recorded as Vulpes[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Vulpes is Canis vulpes[9].
  • Vulpes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vulpes[10].
  • Vulpes's Commons gallery is recorded as Vulpes[11].
  • Vulpes's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • Vulpes's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[13].
  • Vulpes's taxon synonym is recorded as Alopex[14].
  • Vulpes's taxon synonym is recorded as Fennecus[15].
  • Vulpes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'True foxes'}[16].
  • Vulpes's different from is recorded as fox[17].
  • Vulpes's taxon author citation is recorded as Garsault, 1764[18].
  • Vulpes's homonymous taxon is recorded as Vulpes Frisch, 1775[19].

Body

Classification

Vulpes's scientific name is Vulpes[7]. Vulpes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Vulpini[5] and Canidae[6]. The taxonomic type of Vulpes is Canis vulpes[9]. Vulpes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'True foxes'}[16].

Identifiers

Vulpes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42054[20]. Vulpes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9625[21]. Vulpes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559216[22]. Vulpes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180603[23].

Why It Matters

Vulpes ranks in the top 0.42% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,386 views/month, #824 of 195,241).[2] Vulpes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Vulpes is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wildlifeonline.me.uk. Retrieved . wildlifeonline.me.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved . animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vulpes. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vulpes
MLA “Vulpes.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vulpes.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vulpes_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vulpes}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vulpes}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Vulpes — https://4ort.xyz/entity/vulpes (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vulpes · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Vulpini, Canidae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Homonymous taxon Vulpes Frisch, 1775
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544050605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.