Red Fox

: This article is about the animal called the Red Fox. Information on the comedian John Elroy Sanford can be found at Redd Foxx. The World War II prisoner of war known as Red Fox is at Michael Sinclair

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Redd Foxx - World War II - Prisoner of war - Michael Sinclair

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The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes or Vulpes fulva), the most familiar of the foxes, has the widest range of any terrestrial carnivore. The largest species within the genus Vulpes, Red Foxes have a native range spanning most of North America and Eurasia, with several populations in North Africa.

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Fox - Carnivore - Species - Genus - Vulpes - North America - Eurasia - North Africa

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Red Foxes have both positive and negative standing with humans; while they are vectors of disease and a bane of poultry farmers, these foxes are also important to the fur industry. A prominent cultural impact is that of fox hunting, a long-practised British tradition which became illegal in the UK in February 2005.

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Vector - Fox hunting - British

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A subspecies, the Japanese Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica) migrated from India to China and eventually to Japan. It is also known by the Japanese name kitsune (狐).

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Subspecies - India - China - Japan - Japanese - Kitsune

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