Vulpes zerda Zimmermann 1780

Vulpes zerda Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 247.

Type Locality: "Es bewohnt die Soara und andere Theile von Nordafrika hinter den Atlas, der Ritter Bruce behauptet, man fände es auch in tripolitanischen." .

Vernacular Names: Fennec Fox.

Synonyms: Vulpes arabicus (Desmarest 1804); Vulpes aurita (F. A. A. Meyer 1793); Vulpes brucei (Desmarest 1820); Vulpes cerda (Illiger 1811); Vulpes cerdo (Gmelin 1788); Vulpes denhamii Boitard 1842; Vulpes fennecus (Lesson 1827); Vulpes saarensis Skjoldebrand 1777; Vulpes zaarensis Gray 1843 .

Distribution: Chad, Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Larivière (2002 a) who did not recognize subspecies. Placed in Fennecus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Stains (1975).