Foxes are the new cats

[Baitball Blogger]

[Xyzse]

1. I did hear that they are closer to the cat family rather than dog...

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Wiki info seems to compare them to dogs.

Biology
Fox skeleton
General morphology

Foxes are generally smaller than other members of the family Canidae such as wolves, jackals, and domestic dogs. For example, in the largest species, the red fox, males weigh on average between 4.1 and 8.7 kg (9.0 and 19.2 lb),[4] while the smallest species, the fennec fox, weighs just 0.7 to 1.6 kg (1.5 to 3.5 lb).[5] Fox-like features typically include a triangular face, pointed ears, an elongated rostrum, and a bushy tail. Foxes are digitigrade, and thus, walk on their toes. Unlike their dog relatives, foxes have partially retractable claws.[6] Fox vibrissae, or whiskers, are black. The whiskers on the muzzle, mystaciae vibrissae, average 100-110mm long, while the whiskers everywhere else on the head average to be shorter in length. Whiskers (carpal vibrissae) are also found on the forelimbs and average to be 40mm long, pointing downward and backward.[2] Other physical characteristics vary according to habitat and its adaptive significance.

[Xyzse]

7. Thanks... I am not sure where I found that information.

I thought I heard it in NPR once, but I don't trust my memory.

[hunter]

6. In their ecological niche and behavior, yes.

Their ancestry, no.

[Xyzse]

8. Thanks!

[femmocrat]

2. Wow, are they cute!

I want one!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Fennec foxes! Very cute!

Much smaller than a cat (about 3 lbs.), native to North Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox They are canids but are said to be cat-like (they even purr, kind of), more so than the common red fox, to which they are only distantly related.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. On the nose.

Thanks.

[hifiguy]

11. They're naturally chibi.

Not even the Japanese could "cute-up" such an adorable critter.

[pinboy3niner]

9. And for those short on space, they're stackable!

[area51]

10. I've always thought

that some foxes almost look like a sort of cross between a dog and a cat.