Foxes are slightly smaller than a medium-sized dog.
They have a widespread reputation for cunning which has contributed to their prominence in popular culture (watch Zootopia) and folklore in many societies around the world.
Leicester City Football Club, aka the Foxes, will definitely add to the folklore surrounding this animal after first avoiding relegation and then winning the English Premier League by stealth.
Names such as Ranieri, Vardy, Raksriaksornwith and Morgan will become legendary figures in this story that will live on well after the celebrations end.
It is a fairy-tale season finale (although it still has to play Everton) for the club and its coach. At 64, Claudio Ranieri is enjoying his moment in the sun after a lengthy career spent in the shadows. Perhaps because of the timing of this victory, he is savouring every mouthful - with the players, in Italian restaurants, surrounded by fans and the media.
And why not? His policy of under-promising and over-delivering, of doing rather than talking a good game, and creating a star team rather than a team of stars worked. There is no guarantee this recipe will work again next season, but for now it is enjoying the glory - the first top-flight success in Leicester's 132-year history.
Jamie Vardy's house may have been trashed after the player's continued to celebrate at his pad, but, unlike some of the Warriors, the Foxes all made it to training on Tuesday morning - a little worse for wear, but present and smiling.
Fans who stay loyal to a particular team or club do so because they see something that they admire, identify with or relate to. They live for moments like this, and their optimism will feed off this moment for years to come.
The Foxes out-foxed the wealthier, bigger hounds this time around, and they're not the only team or athlete to do so in the history of sport. Other notable shock wins include Kiwi golfer Michael Campbell's US Open win in 2005, despite an on-form Tiger Woods breathing down his neck.
The Black Ferns' 20-match World Cup winning streak came to an end when Ireland beat them in 2014, rugby in Japan received a boost in popularity after the Brave Blossoms beat the Springboks last year and Afghanistan enjoyed a moment of glory when it beat the West Indies at the T20 World Cup this year.
There is no such thing as a sure thing in sport and anything is possible on the day (just ask the 1995 All Blacks). The Leicester City title victory, however, was a culmination of tactics and teamwork that quietly but surely created wins during the season.
The fox theme is often associated with transformation in European and East Asian literature, and the story of relegation to revelation is a wonderful example of this.
Sometimes the trickster deserves to win.
