Bengal fox

Bengal fox
Bengal fox in Thar Desert, Rajasthan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species:
V. bengalensis
Binomial name
Vulpes bengalensis
(Shaw, 1800)
Range map
Synonyms
  • Canis bengalensis
  • Canis kokree
  • Canis rufescens
  • Canis indicus
  • Canis xanthura
  • Vulpes kokree
  • Vulpes rufescens
  • Vulpes indicus
  • Vulpes xanthura
  • Fennecus bengalensis
  • Fennecus kokree
  • Fennecus rufescens
  • Fennecus indicus
  • Fennecus xanthurus

The Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India,[2] and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.[3][4][5]

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