Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800

Vulpes bengalensis Shaw 1800, 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).