Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 583

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scientific name

Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800
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Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800 View in CoL

Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800 View in CoL , Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., Vol. 1, 2: 330.

Type Locality: "Bengal." .

Vernacular Names: Bengal Fox.

Synonyms: Vulpes chrysurus ( Gray 1837) ; Vulpes hodgsonii Gray 1837 ; Vulpes indicus (Hodgson 1833) ; Vulpes kokree (Sykes 1831) ; Vulpes rufescens (Gray 1834) ; Vulpes xanthura Gray 1837 .

Distribution: India, S Nepal, Pakistan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1941 a).

Gray, J. E. 1837 [1838]. On a new species of paradoxure (Paradoxurus derbianus) with remarks on some Mammalia recently purchased by the British Museum, and characters of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1837: 67.

Pocock, R. I. 1941 a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. Vol. II. Carnivora (suborders Aeluroidae (part) and Arctoidae). Taylor and Francis, Ltd., London, 503 pp.

Shaw, G. 1800. General zoology or systematic natural history. G. Kearsley, London, 12: 1 - 330.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

SubOrder

Caniformia

Family

Canidae

Genus

Vulpes