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SPECIES Vulpes zerda

Author:Zimmermann, 1780.
Citation:Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 247.
Common Name:Fennec Fox
Type Locality:"Es bewohnt die Soara und andere Theile von Nordafrika hinter den Atlas, der Ritter Bruce behauptet, man fände es auch in tripolitanischen."
Distribution:Chad, Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by Larivière (2002a) who did not recognize subspecies. Placed in Fennecus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Stains (1975).
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Synonyms:

    arabicus (Desmarest, 1804)
    aurita (F. A. A. Meyer, 1793)
    brucei (Desmarest, 1820)
    cerda (Illiger, 1811)
    cerdo (Gmelin, 1788)
    denhamii Boitard, 1842
    fennecus (Lesson, 1827)
    saarensis Skjoldebrand, 1777
    zaarensis Gray, 1843

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