| Vulpes riffautae Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | Caninae |
| Tribe: | Canini |
| Genus: | Vulpes |
| Species: | †V. riffautae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Vulpes riffautae de Bonis et al., 2007 | |
Vulpes riffautae is an extinct species of fox from the late Miocene of Chad (approximately 7 ma). Fossils of V. riffautae potentially represent the earliest record of the Canidae family, in the Old World. V. riffautae was intermediate in size between Rüppell's fox (V. rueppellii) and the fennec fox (V. zerda).