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Canidae

Canidae is a family in the order Carnivora. This database currently files 2 species under it, recorded across 173 countries.

Species filed
2
Threatened
0
Countries recorded
173
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Canidae?

2 genera filed directly under this family.

  1. Canis

    grey wolf

    1 species
  2. Vulpes

    red fox

    1 species

Best-known members of Canidae

Ranked by popularity score.

LC, Least Concern
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae

How threatened is Canidae?

2 of 2 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
LCLeast Concern2100%

Where is Canidae recorded?

Species on file in this family with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Tanzania: 1 speciesW. Sahara: 1 speciesCanada: 2 speciesUnited States of America: 2 speciesKazakhstan: 2 speciesUzbekistan: 2 speciesPapua New Guinea: 1 speciesIndonesia: 1 speciesArgentina: 1 speciesChile: 1 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 1 speciesKenya: 1 speciesSudan: 2 speciesChad: 1 speciesDominican Rep.: 1 speciesRussia: 2 speciesNorway: 2 speciesGreenland: 2 speciesSouth Africa: 2 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesMexico: 1 speciesUruguay: 1 speciesBrazil: 1 speciesBolivia: 1 speciesPeru: 1 speciesColombia: 1 speciesPanama: 1 speciesCosta Rica: 1 speciesNicaragua: 1 speciesHonduras: 1 speciesEl Salvador: 1 speciesGuatemala: 1 speciesBelize: 1 speciesVenezuela: 1 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesFrance: 2 speciesEcuador: 1 speciesPuerto Rico: 1 speciesJamaica: 1 speciesCuba: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 1 speciesNamibia: 2 speciesSenegal: 2 speciesNigeria: 1 speciesGhana: 1 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 1 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 1 speciesMalawi: 1 speciesAngola: 1 speciesIsrael: 2 speciesLebanon: 2 speciesMadagascar: 1 speciesPalestine: 2 speciesGambia: 2 speciesTunisia: 2 speciesAlgeria: 2 speciesJordan: 2 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 2 speciesKuwait: 2 speciesIraq: 2 speciesOman: 2 speciesThailand: 1 speciesLaos: 1 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesVietnam: 2 speciesSouth Korea: 2 speciesMongolia: 2 speciesIndia: 2 speciesBangladesh: 1 speciesBhutan: 1 speciesNepal: 2 speciesPakistan: 2 speciesAfghanistan: 2 speciesTajikistan: 2 speciesKyrgyzstan: 2 speciesIran: 2 speciesSyria: 2 speciesArmenia: 2 speciesSweden: 2 speciesBelarus: 2 speciesUkraine: 2 speciesPoland: 2 speciesAustria: 2 speciesHungary: 2 speciesMoldova: 2 speciesRomania: 2 speciesLithuania: 2 speciesLatvia: 2 speciesEstonia: 2 speciesGermany: 2 speciesBulgaria: 2 speciesGreece: 2 speciesTurkey: 2 speciesAlbania: 2 speciesCroatia: 2 speciesSwitzerland: 2 speciesLuxembourg: 2 speciesBelgium: 2 speciesNetherlands: 2 speciesPortugal: 2 speciesSpain: 2 speciesIreland: 2 speciesNew Caledonia: 1 speciesSolomon Is.: 1 speciesNew Zealand: 1 speciesAustralia: 2 speciesSri Lanka: 1 speciesChina: 2 speciesTaiwan: 1 speciesItaly: 2 speciesDenmark: 2 speciesUnited Kingdom: 2 speciesIceland: 2 speciesAzerbaijan: 2 speciesGeorgia: 2 speciesPhilippines: 1 speciesMalaysia: 1 speciesSlovenia: 2 speciesFinland: 2 speciesSlovakia: 2 speciesCzechia: 2 speciesJapan: 2 speciesParaguay: 1 speciesYemen: 1 speciesSaudi Arabia: 2 speciesCyprus: 2 speciesMorocco: 2 speciesEgypt: 2 speciesLibya: 1 speciesEthiopia: 1 speciesDjibouti: 1 speciesUganda: 1 speciesRwanda: 1 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 2 speciesMacedonia: 2 speciesSerbia: 2 speciesMontenegro: 2 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 1 speciesS. Sudan: 1 species
  • None on record
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Switzerland2
  2. Spain2
  3. France2
  4. Australia2
  5. United Kingdom2
  6. Sweden2
  7. Germany2
  8. Norway2
  9. Denmark2
  10. Belgium2
  11. Luxembourg2
  12. United States2
  13. Ireland2
  14. Finland2
  15. Japan2
  16. Netherlands2
  17. Portugal2
  18. Canada2
  19. Ukraine2
  20. Estonia2

All species in Canidae

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Red foxVulpes vulpesCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded91
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded168