Vulpes vulpes

Commonly called red foxes, these are one of the most famous foxes throughout history. They live all over, including in areas they were introduced in. Red foxes have had some influence on religion, especially in Eastern Asia. They have also had other large cultural influences, particularly in Europe and its descendant cultures. Foxes are common characters nowadays and have been somewhat common before. They are known to be intelligent and cunning, sometimes for good or for ill. They are associated with shapeshifting sometimes, especially those with East Asian influence, but not exclusively. They are often used to represent mascot logos, such as Car Fox.
Red foxes followed humans or were introduced to regions such as Australia and the far north. In the north vulpes vulpes antagonizes vulpes lagopus, the arctic foxes, that live there. They use human settlements as a way to keep warm and can brutally kill arctic foxes that live near these places that try to rely upon them too. They are more aggressive then the native species. In Australia they were introduced to keep rabbits at bay and are known for destroying native eggs and smaller species. In one study it was shown that these foxes sometimes choose to live near human settlements and those that lived in forests, some had an increase in predation in both younger and recently (but not immediately after) burned eucalyptus forest.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12464-7
Red foxes are also popular in the furry fandom and are the basis of the term "yiff", which means to have sex (used between furries). They are highly sexualized in the furry fandom, and occasionally in TV.
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