Vulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1826) . In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth., 1 (2):33, pl. 11.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Kordofan" [Sudan].

DISTRIBUTION: Semiarid sahelian region of Africa from Senegal through Nigeria, Cameroon, and Sudan to Somalia.

STATUS: IUCN - Insufficiently known.

SYNONYMS: edwardsi Rochebrune, 1883; harterti Thomas and Hinton, 1921; oertzeni Matschie, 1910; sabbar Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832.