Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Canidae > Genus: Vulpes > Species: Vulpes vulpes > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Vulpes vulpes ichnusae Miller, 1907	Fauna Europaea (2005)

Red fox - Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland rivers and lakes sparsely vegetated land urban wetlands

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	CITES Appendix III valid from 24 June 2010	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.	http://www.cites.org/eng

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Dhelpra	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Fuuss	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kettu	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lapsa	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lis	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lisica	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lisica	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Líška hrdzavá	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Liška obecná	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Raposa	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rauðrefur	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Räv	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rebane	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Red fox	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Renard roux	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rev	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rotfuchs	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ræv	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rødrev	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tilki	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Volpe comune	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Volpi	Maltese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vörös róka	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vos	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vulpe	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Zorro rojo	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Canis vulpes	Linnaeus, 1758
Canis alopex	Linnaneus, 1758
Canis vulpus	Thunberg, 1798
Vulpes vulgaris	Oken, 1816
Vulpes nigro-argenteus	Nillson, 1820
Vulpes communis	Burnett, 1830

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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