Are there different breeds of foxes?

Answer 1

There areapproximately 25-30 different "breeds" of foxes as you may call it. But there are five most common and recognized foxes in the world right now. There is the Fennec (big eared desert fox), Arctic (white in the winter, brown in the summer in the Arctic), Red (common in North America with a red-orange pelt), Swift (orange-tan, about the size of an average domesticated cat), Gray (ranges around the southern half of North America). But there are many, many more.

Answer 2

There are 12 "true fox" breeds;

• Vulpes Vulpes/ Red Fox
• Vulpes Cana/Blanford's Fox
• Vulpes Chama/ Cape Fox
• Vulpes Corsac / Corsac /Steppe Fox (my favorite)
• Vulpes Ferrilata /Tibetian Sand Fox
• Vulpes Lagopus / Arctic Fox
• Vulpes Benglansis/ Bengal fox
• Vulpes Macrotis / Kit fox
• Vulpes Velox/ Swift Fox
• Vulpes Pallida / Pale Fox
• Vulpes Rueppellii/ Ruppell's Fox / Sand fox
• Vulpes Zerda / Fennec Fox

Other canids that closely resemble foxes, but are not classified as "Vulpes" as their Genus.

• The Crab Eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)
• The Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
• The Falkland Islands Wolf (Dusicyon australis) AKA Falkland Islands Fox
• the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
• The Hoary Fox (Lycalopex vetulus)
• The Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)
• Culpeo, Lycalopex culpaeus
• Darwin's Fox, Lycalopex fulvipes
• South American Gray Fox, Lycalopex griseus
• Pampas Fox, Lycalopex gymnocercus
• Sechuran Fox, Lycalopex sechurae

The Bat Eared Fox is the only species in it's genus, Otocyon, however, it has two sub-species, based mostly on location;

• Otocyon megalotis megalotis (South Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa )
• Otocyon megalotis canescens ( Ethiopia, Somalia )

The Red Fox (vulpes vulpes) has 45 different sub species.

Answer 3

Red fox, Grey fox, Fennec fox, Bat eared fox, Island fox, Swift fox, Arctic fox, and Kit fox are the only ones I know of. There are said to be 23 species of foxes and a few of which are now extinct.

Answer 4

Foxes do not have breeds, they have species. For a complete list of all fox species click on this link.

Answer 5

Foxes do not have 'breeds,' they have species. Dogs have breeds, cats have breeds, cattle have breeds. All are the same species. However, there are 12 different species of true foxes and at least that many other species of related animals that are classified as foxes.

Answer 6

For a complete list of all true foxes and related animals click on this link.