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.

Original 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

Country distribution map

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