name, llwynog, literally 'bushy', from llwyn 'bush'. Likewise, from rabo 'tail', Lithuanian uodegis from uodegà 'tail', and Ojibwe waagosh from waa, which refers to the up and down "bounce" or flickering of an animal or its tail.

The scientific term vulpes derives from the Latin word for fox, and gives the adjectives vulpine and vulpecular.

Evolution

The red fox is Eurasian in origin and may have evolved from either Vulpes alopecoides or the related Chinese V. chikushanensis,

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