Vulpes rueppellii
(H. R. Schinz, 1825)
Rüppell's Fox
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Caniformia |
Infraorder | : Canoidea |
Family | : Canidae |
Genus | : Vulpes |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Schinz, H.R. 1825. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. Vierter Band. Zoophyten. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 793 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523925Original name as described
Canis Rüppelii
Other common names
Sand Fox · Rüppell's Sand Fox
Type material
SMF:MAMM:4335
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Sudan.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Palearctic
Country distribution
Morocco · Mauritania · Mali · Algeria · Tunisia · Niger · Libya · Chad · Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Somalia · Egypt · Israel · Palestine? · Jordan · Syria · Iraq · Saudi Arabia · United Arab Emirates · Yemen · Oman · Kuwait · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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