Life Mammalia Carnivora Canidae

• Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) Palearctic, S.China, NA. See [maps] Kettu Red Fox

  • Canis vulpes Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: Sweden
  • acaab
  • aegyptianus ; (Egypt)
  • alba (Borkhausen)
  • algeriensis
  • alopex
  • alpherakyi ; (Turkestan)
  • alticola
  • anadyrensis
  • anatolica ; (Asia Minor)
  • anubis
  • arabica ; (Muscat)
  • atlantica
  • aurantioluteus ; (Szechuan)
  • barbarus ; (NW. Africa)
  • beringiana ; (NE. Siberia)
  • caucasica
  • cinera
  • communis
  • crucigera ; (Germany)
  • daurica
  • diluta
  • dolichocrania
  • eckloni
  • europaeus
  • ferganensis
  • flavescens ; (N. Iran)
  • griffithi ; (Afghanistan)
  • himalaicus
  • hoole ; (S.China)
  • huli
  • hypomelas
  • ichnusae ; (Sardinia)
  • indutus ; (Cyprus)
  • jacobi
  • jakutensis ; (Yakutsk)
  • japonica ; (Japan)
  • kamtschadensis
  • kamtschatica
  • karagan ; (Khirgizia)
  • kiyomasai
  • krimeamontana ; (Crimea)
  • kurdistanica
  • leucopus
  • lineatus
  • lineiventer
  • lutea
  • melanogaster
  • melanotus
  • ?meridionalis
  • montana ; (Himalayas)
  • nepalensis
  • nigra
  • nigro-argenteus
  • nicrocaudatus
  • niloticus
  • ochroxantha
  • palestrina ; (Palestine)
  • pamirensis
  • peculiosa ; (Korea)
  • persicus
  • pusillus ; (Punjab)
  • schrencki ; (Sakhalin)
  • silaceus ; (Spain)
  • splendens
  • splendidissima ; (Kurile Is.)
  • stepensis
  • topolica ; (W. Siberia)
  • tschiliensis ; (NE. China)
  • ?ussuriensis
  • variegatus
  • vulgaris
  • vulpecula
  • waddelli ; (Tibet)
  • Vulpes vulpes tarimensis Matschie, 1907; ; TL: Tarim, Sinkiang, China
  • Vulpes vulpes septentrionalis Brass, 1911; ; TL: Norway
  • Vulpes vulpes crymentis Brauner, 1914; ; TL: Crimea
  • Vulpes vulpes toschii Lehmann, 1969; a; TL: Calvo Dist., Monte Cargano, Apulia, Italy
  • vulvus (Desmarest, 1820); ; TL: Virginia
• Vulpes corsac (Linnaeus, 1768) C.Asia, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Turkestan, Sinkiang, Tibet. See [maps] Corsac Fox

  • Canis corsac Linnaeus, 1768
  • eckloni (Przewalski)
  • kalmykorum ; (Afghanistan)
  • nigra (Kastschenko)
  • turkmenica ; (Turkmenia)
  • Vulpes corsac scorodumovi Dorogostaiski, 1935; (S. Transbaikalia)
• Vulpes rueppelli (Schinz, 1825) W.Sahara (Air, Hoggar, Morocco) - Somalia, Egypt, Arabia, Iran, E.Afghanistan. See [maps] Sand Fox

  • Canis rüppelii Schinz, 1825
  • caesia ; (Asben, W. Sahara)
  • cyrenaica ; (Libya)
  • famelicus
  • sabaea ; (Arabia)
  • somaliae ; (Somalia)
  • zarudneyi ; (Persian Baluchistan)
  • Vulpes rüppelli cufrana de Beaux, 1939; ; TL: Cufra Oasis, SE. Libya
• Vulpes canus Blanford, 1877 Baluchistan, Iran, Afghanistan. See [maps] Afghan Fox

  • Vulpes canus Blanford, 1877; (Baluchistan)
  • nigricans ; ; TL: Bokhara Mts, Uzbekistan
• Vulpes ferrilatus Hodgson, 1842 Tibet, Nan Shan. See [maps] Tibetan Sand Fox

  • Vulpes ferrilatus Hodgson, 1842; ; TL: Near Lhasa, Tibet
• Vulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780) Morocco, Hoggar, Air - Sudan, Egypt. See [maps] Fennec

  • Canis zerda Zimmermann, 1780; (Sahara)
  • arabicus
  • aurita
  • brucei
  • cerda
  • cerdo
  • denhamii
  • fennecus
  • saarensis

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