- Pale Fox
Taxobox
name = Pale FoxMSW3 Wozencraft | id = 14000879]
status = DD
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Sillero-Zubiri, C.|year=2004|id=23052|title=Vulpes pallida|downloaded=2006-05-12 Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as data deficient.]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo =Carnivora
familia =Canidae
genus = "Vulpes "
species = "V. pallida"
binomial = "Vulpes pallida"
binomial_authority = (Cretzschmar,1827 )The Pale Fox ("Vulpes pallida") is a species of
fox which inhabits the semiarid regions of theSahel fromSenegal in the west toSudan in the east. It is widespread throughout the Sahel but its environmental status is described as "data deficient" due to lack of intensified study of the Pale Fox in the wild.The Pale Fox is long-bodied with relatively short legs and a narrow muzzle. Its ears are long and rounded at the tip. Its tail is bushy and black-tipped. The upperpart of its body has a pale sandy color, while the underpart is whitish. A dark ring surrounds the fox's eyes.
There are five recognized subspecies of this fox:
* "Vulpes pallida pallida"
* "Vulpes pallida cyrenaica"
* "Vulpes pallida edwardsi"
* "Vulpes pallida harterti"
* "Vulpes pallida oertzeni"References
* Walker's Mammals of the World, Fifth Edition,volume 1, Johns Hopkins University Press
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