so... many... foxes...

[Groo]

We furries have grown up with wolf, and fox, and feline furries. They are the furries you see in video games, books, and cartoons, and they make really good looking anthros.


~A fox

[Rappy]

Yush, there are a lot of foxes and such. Though I don't mind it at all!

Great point though guys.

[Tek]

If people like foxes, I don't mind at all!
My fursona is a wolf because I love the creatures so much. I'd rather have a fursona that I connect with, than something 'unique' but doesn't fit me at all.

[Timmy Fox]

If people like foxes, I don't mind at all!
My fursona is a wolf because I love the creatures so much. I'd rather have a fursona that I connect with, than something 'unique' but doesn't fit me at all.

I kinda agree there.

To be honest, I barely knew anything about foxes before, more than what they looked like and that they existed.. yet I chose fox becuase I found them cute and I somehow felt I would fit as one.
As well do I, even today, get fox on most "which species are you" quizzes. So I'm quite happy with being one
Nowdays, I usually say that I have some bond or such to foxes.

Then for originality, foxes may be far from the most 'original' species within the fandom, but I'm still way more detailed and personal with my fursonas appearance than I've ever been with my own.
And as well, I do have quite a few properties that makes me quite unique from other foxes. At least in my opinion

[Egan]

Aside from the "cuteness factor", I think a large part of it has to do with the fact that canines, foxes, felines, and dragons even, are the animals people are most familiar with and know the most about. They've been a major part of folklore, always recognizable, and generally are much easier to match with a personality because of all that.

It's easy to think of wolves and think "pack mentality, strong, etc." It's easy to think of foxes and think "cunning, resourceful, etc." It's easy to think of cats and think "independent, playful, etc." But it's not so easy to think of what a squid thinks and acts like. It's difficult for people to know where to begin when describing the personality of an ibex or a tarsier. There's millions of fantastic creatures and species, but most people just aren't familiar enough with the animals to even know anything about them sometimes, let alone feel a connection with them.

So... combine all that with the fact that "everyone else is doing it", and there you go.

Zephyr went all psychoanalysis on us!
But she is right, a lot of it has to.do with already associated ideas about the animal, and its popularity. My fursona is a fox-cat, so I'm just combing two popular ones for a little more of a indviual than just the same ol' same old.

[NJMike]

Yeah there is a lot of them, maybe most of the people are just lazy and don't feel like spending time to come up with anything so they choose that. I'm a house cat/shark hybrid but I relate to house cats the most so I have a good reason for choosing it. And I actually spent time figuring out my fursona. But there are probably some foxes who actually really are a fox at heart and didn't just choose it to choose it.

[Daemon]

everyone has made valid points. it just gets tiresome. and it's kinda hard to believe that some thousand people see themselves as a fox. I'm a Polar Bear, not only because I chose it, but because I am rather large, and enjoy swimming, but am no longer as streamlined as I was when I used to be a otter.

[armagre]

well if no one is noticing... horses are getting really popular *blames my lil pony*
so foxes probably wont be mainstream in a couple years i think people are learning and are broadning there horrizon

Brendyn, the fandom is still young its what only 30 some years maybe *not counting all of history, just recent* it really is branching off into other species. You just dont notice cause all the foxes are still popular
give it time

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When I first started meeting furs online I used to feel so out of place because I was a reptilian. In fact, I'm been on here for so long, I believe I was one of the first reptilians on here, lol. I used to also try and mix or use fur characters so I wouldn't feel out of place when I was new, but they never felt right and I'd always revert to something scaly again. I can see how you get frustrated with it because it seems like wolves and foxes are a dime a dozen, but in all honesty, what Zeph says it true. I only get super frustrated when it comes to things like SecondLife or something where there's like 39073485 wolf and fox avatars and hardly any good reptilian avatars. Either way, it's good to have something you're in tune with even if it is common.

[Kittie]

I am a wolf-cat hybrid...not because it's popular but because the wolf is my spirit guide, the cat is my best friend and the easiest for me to relate to, and there is a tiny amount of horse blended in...notice the mane and if you could see me move I have all horse like gaits, all because these animals reflect me best. 

[Kindran Ornitier]

I have to agree with WZ and say its mostly the things that most people know the most about, but at the same time I think I see way more odd hybrids of animals, myself included as a cat-snake (or cake), than just typical run of the mill foxes wolves etc etc etc. I think this part is having to do with the larger stigma of "I HAVE to be an individual. I can't do anything else thats been done." etc again. For me, Kin I actually saw in a dream and when I first saw him he was closer to a komodo dragon but slowly evolved and stayed at a cat snake.

Lets face it, foxes are just too cute to pass over , wolves have that sense of regality and strong community, cats are laidback and crafty (andwerereveredasgodsbytheancients).

But the above statement is just reiterating WZ^^

=^,-,^=

[ArcticSkyWolf]

well not every furry is creative even though the fandom promotes creativity 

[Self-sain]

People pick animals they like, foxes are more common. Its kind of rude to consider something boring because they are "repetitive". Just becuase not everyone likes "polar bears", would it be considered lame or weird? Its the same concept.

[maggintons]

i think all foxes look like Michael McIntyre especially when he laughs in Britain's got talent

  and ive seen foxes in my garden they....are ......so .......cuuute

[Blackfang1002]

  Guess Im guilty here being a Toxic Fox. Truth be told Ive love foxes since I was a child. When I got older I fell in love with rave and I guess I ended up combining the two. Soon my military mindset and love of green was mixed in to the image and well my fursona took form. I truly didn't realize how many foxes there were out there but then again when you live in a small town like bradenton you rarely find another Fur.