Vulpes chama A. Smith 1833

Vulpes chama A. Smith 1833, S. Afr. J., Vol. 2: 89.

Type Locality: "Namaqualand and the country on both sides of the Orange river" [Namibia]; fixed by Shortridge (1942) as "Port Nolloth, Little Namaqualand." .

Vernacular Names: Cape Fox.

Synonyms: Vulpes caama (C. E. H. Smith 1839); Vulpes hodsoni (Noack 1910); Vulpes variegatoides (Layard 1861) .

Distribution: S Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953).