are foxes from the cat family?
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Foxes Are Related to Dogs, but Act Like Cats Although red foxes are part of the Canidae family along with dogs, they have more in common with cats. ... Foxes are the only member of the family Canidae that can climb trees, and like cats, sometimes sleep in trees' branches.
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Though their sleek torsos and short, limber legs may seem catlike, civet cats aren't really felines. Rather, they're members of the family Viverridae—which ranges from Africa to eastern Asia—and they're closely related to the mongoose.
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Foxes are generally smaller than some other members of the family Canidae such as wolves and jackals, while they may be larger than some within the family, such as Raccoon dogs.
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Red fox, (Vulpes vulpes), also called common fox, species of fox (family Canidae) found throughout Europe, temperate Asia, northern Africa, and North America. It has the largest natural distribution of any land mammal except human beings.
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Foxes and dogs are members of the same animal family, Canidae, but their lineage splits off from there. While dogs are domesticated members of the canis genus, foxes belong to several different, non-canis genera (that's the plural form of genus). ... Well, foxes (vulpes) and dogs (Canis) are very different creatures.
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Foxes pose little danger to cats. ... Generally, though, when faced with the claws and teeth of a cat, foxes will back away, knowing they will probably suffer a serious injury in any fight. However, foxes will scavenge the remains of dead cats, but actual evidence of them killing cats is extremely rare.
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Foxes are more closely related to raccoons and bears than they are to cats. Foxes are canids, very closely related to wolves (and dogs, which are still the same species as wolves), but quite distantly related to cats, which are felines.
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Foxes are usually monogamous. This means that they have only one mate for life. They also take on nannies to help with their pups. The nannies are female foxes that are not breeders.
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Domestic dogs and wolves are part of a large taxonomic family called Canidae, which also includes coyotes, foxes and jackals, according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Members of this family are called canids. Domestic dogs are a subspecies called Canis lupus familiaris.
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Diet. Foxes are omnivores. This means that they eat meat and vegetation. A fox's diet can consist of small animals, such as lizards, voles, rats, mice, rabbits and hares.
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Cats and Skunks. ... Skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are part of the family of mustelids, which are the nearest family to felidae, including the domestic housecat (Felis catus).
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The red fox is the most common and widespread fox species in the world, found throughout most of the United States. Foxes are omnivorous mammals that are light on their feet. They are often mistaken for other members of the Canidae family, which include jackals, wolves and dogs.
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Foxes Are Related to Dogs, but Act Like Cats Although red foxes are part of the Canidae family along with dogs, they have more in common with cats.
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Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are native to boreal and western montane portions of North America but their origins are unknown in many lowland areas of the United States. Red foxes were historically absent from much of the East Coast at the time of European settlement and did not become common until the mid-1800s.
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Feline, (family Felidae), any of 37 cat species that among others include the cheetah, puma, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, tiger, and domestic cat. ... Tiger, (Panthera tigris), largest member of the cat family (Felidae), rivaled only by the lion (Panthera leo) in strength and ferocity.
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Indeed since foxes travel and hunt on their own, they are said to be solitary animals. This is not to say that they avoid other foxes but to exemplify the fact they do not hunt in packs like some other canids, such as wolves. ... So, in certain conditions, foxes live in social groups rather than solitarily.
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Male foxes are known as dogs, tods or reynards, and females are called vixens.