vulpinæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A subfamily of Canidæ, represented by the genus Vulpes in a broad sense, containing the foxes as distinguished from the dogs, wolves, and jackals; the alopecoid canines. The frontal region of the skull is comparatively low from lack of frontal sinuses, and the pupil of the eye usually contracts to a vertical elliptical figure. But the group is not sharply delimited from Caninæ, as the South American fox-wolves (see Pseudalopex) and some African forms (see Thous) connect the two. See Urocyon (with cut), Vulpes (with cuts there cited), and compare Megalotinæ.