Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw, 1800) . Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., 1(2), Mammalia, p. 330.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Bengal."

DISTRIBUTION: India, Pakistan, S Nepal.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India); IUCN - Indeterminate.

SYNONYMS: chrysurus Gray, 1837; hodgsonii Gray, 1837; indicus Hodgson, 1833; kokree Sykes, 1831; rufescens Gray, 1833; xanthura Gray, 1837.