Urocyon Baird, 1857 . Mammalia, in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8(1):121, 138.

TYPE SPECIES: Canis virginianus Schreber, 1775 (= Canis cinereo argenteus Schreber, 1775) by subsequent designation (Elliot, 1901; Melville and Smith, 1987).

COMMENTS: Considered a subgenus of Vulpes by Clutton-Brock et al. (1976).