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

REVIEWED BY: H. E. Evans (HEE).

TYPE LOCALITY: Sahara .

DISTRIBUTION: Morocco to Arabia.

COMMENT:: Placed in genus Canis, subgenus Vulpes by Van Gelder, 1978:8. Vulpes includes Fennecus which is often treated as a separate genus; see Clutton-Brock et al., 1976, 29(3): 117-199; Clutton-Brock and Corbet, 1979, Bull. Zool. Nomenci., 36.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III as Fennecus zerda (Tunisia) .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001008001001 as Fennecus zerda .