Vulpini is a

taxonomic rank In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family (biology), family, order (biology), order, class (b ...

which represents the fox-like

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of the subfamily

Caninae The Caninae, known as canines, are one of three subfamily, subfamilies found within the Canidae, canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae. The Caninae includes all living canids and their most ...

(the canines), and is sister to the dog-like tribe Canini.

Genera

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Carnivora in general and Canidae in particular correlates with various diagnostic features of the

dentition Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth. In particular, it is the characteristic arrangement, kind, and number of teeth in a given species at a given age. That is, the number, type, and morpho-physiolo ...

and basicranium. Rergarding Vulpini, Tedford has remarked: The cladogram below is based on the phylogeny of Lindblad-Toh (2005) modified to incorporate recent findings on ''Vulpes''.

References

Mammal tribes Canines {{Canid-stub