Are foxes in the dog family or the cat family?

Foxes are a canid species, a member of the family Canidae, but they definitely have many cat-like characteristics. Warner Shedd's Owls Aren't Wise and Bats Aren't Blind: a naturalist debunks our favorite fallacies about wildlife, devotes a chapter to foxes which examines their cat-like characteristics. read more

Dogs and foxes are part of the other big group, the caniformes, or doglike carnivores. This group contains not only dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and the like, but also bears, weasels, skunks, red pandas, raccoons, and even walruses, seals, and sea lions. Both dogs and foxes are members of family Canidae. A diagram of the Canidae is shown below. read more

Red foxes are members of the canidae family - dogs. It includes jackals, dingoes, wolves, coyotes, etc. For more information click on this link. read more

the fox is in the dog family but some people say cat The fox & the dog are both in the CANIDAE FAMILY, but not all foxes are closely related. "True foxes" fall within the genus vulpes, and are therefore distinct from other species of canids also referred to as foxes. read more