Kit fox

Kit fox
	San Joaquin kit fox sitting
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Vulpes
Species:	V. macrotis
Binomial name
	Vulpes macrotis; Merriam, 1888
Subspecies
	V. m. macrotis V. m. mutica
	distribution
Synonyms
	Vulpes muticus Merriam, 1902 ; Vulpes neomexicanus Merriam, 1903 ; Vulpes arsipus Elliot, 1904 ; Vulpes devius Nelson and Goldman, 1909 ; Vulpes arizonensis Goldman, 1931 ; Vulpes nevadensis Goldman, 1931 ; Vulpes tenuirostris Nelson and Goldman, 1931 ; Vulpes zinseri Benson, 1938 ;

The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) is a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. These foxes are the smallest of the four species of Vulpes occurring in North America and are among the smallest of the vulpines worldwide. It has also been called a North American counterpart of the fennec fox due to its large ears.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Cypher, B.; List, R. (2014). "Vulpes macrotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T41587A62259374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T41587A62259374.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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[msw3-1] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Cypher, B.; List, R. (2014). "Vulpes macrotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T41587A62259374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T41587A62259374.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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Kit fox

San Joaquin kit fox sitting
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Vulpes
Species:	V. macrotis^[1]
Binomial name
*Vulpes macrotis^[1]* Merriam, 1888
Subspecies
V. m. macrotis V. m. mutica

distribution
Synonyms^[1]
Vulpes muticus Merriam, 1902 Vulpes neomexicanus Merriam, 1903 Vulpes arsipus Elliot, 1904 Vulpes devius Nelson and Goldman, 1909 Vulpes arizonensis Goldman, 1931 Vulpes nevadensis Goldman, 1931 Vulpes tenuirostris Nelson and Goldman, 1931 Vulpes zinseri Benson, 1938