Urocyon littoralis The genus Urocyon (from the Greek word for `tailed dog`) is a genus that contains two (or possibly three) living Western Hemisphere foxes in the family Canidae, the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the closely related island fox (Urocyon littoralis) which is a dwarf cousin of the gray fox; as well as one fossil species,..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urocyon