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--> GENUS Vulpes
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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| Offspring: | 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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