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    Urocyon

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    Source-identified Urocyon cinereoargenteus; documentary image Framed for display
    Gray Fox · Dcrjsr · CC BY 3.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassMammalia
    6. OrderCarnivora
    7. FamilyCanidae
    8. GenusUrocyon
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Deuterostomia clade
    8. Chordata phylum
    9. Craniata subphylum
    10. Vertebrata clade
    11. Gnathostomata clade
    12. Teleostomi clade
    13. Euteleostomi clade
    14. Sarcopterygii superclass
    15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
    16. Tetrapoda clade
    17. Amniota clade
    18. Mammalia class
    19. Theria clade
    20. Eutheria clade
    21. Boreoeutheria clade
    22. Laurasiatheria superorder
    23. Carnivora order
    24. Caniformia suborder
    25. Canidae family
    26. Urocyon genus

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    2 published profiles in this branch.

    Urocyon cinereoargenteus · speciesUrocyon littoralis · species

    Living species · MDD v2.5 · 28 July 2026

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    2 living species in 1 genera in this dated checklist; 2 have public profiles here.

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    Urocyon 2 species

    Checklist attribution: Mammal Diversity Database (2026), version 2.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Only living species are included; subspecies and extinct species are outside this checklist.

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Urocyon cinereoargenteus; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Urocyon

    Gray Fox

    Urocyon cinereoargenteus

    The gray fox is a North American canid with an unusual climbing ability. This makes woodland structure important in a way that …

    Source-identified Urocyon littoralis; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Urocyon

    Island Fox

    Urocyon littoralis

    The island fox is a small canid of California’s Channel Islands. Island isolation has shaped its distribution and makes local population histories …