Vulpes rueppelli (Schinz, 1825) . Cuvier's Thierreich, 4: 508.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, Dongola .

DISTRIBUTION: Arid areas of N. Africa from Morocco to Somalia; Egypt; Sinai; Arabia; Iran; parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

COMMENT: Placed in genus Canis, subgenus Vulpes by Van Gelder, 1978:8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001015008001.