#both extinct tho

[ultraturtleduck]

So I once again came across that tumblr post about foxes being dogs because foxes are fluffye, and I had the same reaction I had when I first saw it, which is that foxes are canines, therefore they are dogs.

And then I thought I might as well go on a bit of a Wikipedia dive to see the details.

And, uh...

I actually think that dogs and wolves are sort of a side branch on the fox genetic tree. Turns out there's way more species of fox than there are of dog, and lots of things that you would call a dog or actually foxes and vice versa.

Once again biology turns out to be both fascinating and completely obscure.