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            red wolf
             gray wolf


~TERMS/Interesting INFO~

Term thingies: 

"Official name" for a female: VIXEN (where my half of my s/n was taken from. Also implies feisty woman. [can also imply promiscuous woman as well.])
"Official name" for a male: DOG (not too creative.)
"Official name" for a baby: CUB or KIT (Wolf-babies are also called "cubs.")
"Official name" for a fox's tail: BRUSH
Name of a fox home: DEN (Same with wolves.)
Name of a group of foxes: SKULK (also is applied to groups of vermin. a group of wolves is a PACK.) 
Name for thick primary coat: UNDERFUR
Name for dispersed, outer coat: GUARD HAIRS

Fox Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus:
Vulpes - red fox, swift fox, Bengal fox, pale fox
Urocyon- grey fox
Fennecus - Fennec fox
Alopex- Arctic fox
Species:
Vulpes - red fox
Pallida - pale fox
Cinereoargenteus- grey fox
Velox- swift fox
Bengalensis- Bengal fox
Zerda- Fennec Fox
Lagopus - Arctic fox

(obviously, there's more.)

Wolf Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Lupus*
Species: (this varies. an example would be "lyacon", or timber[grey] wolf.)

*includes all wolves except the rare red wolf, which is canis rufus, and the Ethopian wolf, which is canis simensis

 

Human Names that Mean WOLF or FOX:

Want to name your kid after your favoritest animal...? I Do!

Name Meaning Origin
Reynard Fox French
Revan Fox unknown
Todd Fox unknown
Tokala Fox Native American
Adolph Wolf German
Lobo Wolf Spanish
Zev Wolf Hebrew
Tala Wolf Native American
Randi Wolf Shield British
Ulric Wolf Danish
Raul Wolf Counselor French

 

http://www.babynames.com  for even more pointless name-meanings!

 

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