| Vulpins | |
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| Clockwise from top:red fox,bat-eared fox,tanuki | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | Caninae |
| Tribe: | Vulpini Hemprich andEhrenberg, 1832 |
| Genera[1] | |
Vulpini is atribe which represents thefox-liketaxon of thesubfamilyCaninae (the canines), and is sister to thedog-like tribeCanini.[2] It comprises the 15 extant and 21extinctspecies found on allcontinents.
| Image | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
 | NyctereutesTemminck, 1838 | |
 | OtocyonS. Müller, 1835 | |
.jpg) | VulpesGarsault, 1764 | |
| †FerrucyonRuiz-Ramoni et al., 2020 | ||
| †MetalopexS. Müller, 1835 |
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| †PrototocyonPohle, 1928 |
The taxonomy of Carnivora in general and Canidae in particular correlates with various diagnostic features of thedentition andbasicranium. Regarding Vulpini, Tedford has remarked:
These small canids are distinguished from all other Caninae in possessing a wide paroccipital process that is broadly sutured to the posterior surface of thebulla with a short and laterally turned free tip that barely extends below the body of the process. The presence of a metaconule and postprotocrista onM2 of vulpines represents the culmination of a reversal that began with lateLeptocyon species to resume the form of the primitive canine M2.
The cladogram below is based on the phylogeny of Lindblad-Toh (2005)[3] modified to incorporate recent findings onVulpes.[4]
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