Fox folklore misconceptions

An excerpt from http://academia.issendai.com/fox-misconceptions.shtml:

"Over the course of modernization and translation, fox folklore has gotten a bit garbled. Here are a few common misperceptions about folkloric foxes.

Foxes are associated with different elements.

Fox spirits are a species separate from animal foxes.

Foxes are inherently female.

Foxes can transform into any kind of person, animal, or object.

Foxes' half-human forms look like a human with fox ears and a fox tail.

A fox gains tails as a sign of spiritual advancement or as a reward for great deeds done.

The child of a fox and a human is a half-fox.

In Japanese, a fox's bark is written, 'Kitsu! Kitsu!'"