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The Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata), also known as the Tibetan sand fox, is a species of true fox endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau, Ladakh plateau, Nepal, China, Sikkim, and Bhutan, up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft).
The common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), also called the Chinese or Asian raccoon dog to distinguish it from the Japanese raccoon dog, is a small, heavy-set, fox-like canid native to East Asia. Named for its raccoon-like face markings, it is most closely related to foxes.
The red fox, Ruppell's fox, and Tibetan sand fox possess white-tipped tails. [23] The Arctic fox's tail-tip is of the same color as the rest of the tail (white or blue-gray). [24] Blanford's fox usually possesses a black-tipped tail, but a small number of specimens (2% in Israel, 24% in the United Arab Emirates) possess a light-tipped tail. [23]
Vulpes qiuzhudingi is an extinct species of fox that lived during the Neogene period in the Himalayas. [2] It was primarily carnivorous. [3] The fossils, dating from the Pliocene epoch between 5.08 and 3.60 million years ago, were discovered in the Zanda Basin and Kunlun Mountains of Tibet.
According to DNA evidence, the closest living relative to the fennec fox is the Blanford's fox. They are two of eight "desert fox" species, which is a group of Vulpes that share comparable ecologies. The other members include the corsac fox, pale fox, kit fox, Tibetan fox, Ruppell’s fox and cape fox.
Tibetan antelope; Tibetan blue bear; Tibetan fox; Tibetan woolly flying squirrel; Y. Yak This page was last edited on 1 May 2018, at 21:10 (UTC). Text is available ...
Vulpini is a taxonomic rank which represents the fox-like tribe of the subfamily Caninae (the canines), and is sister to the dog-like tribe Canini. [ 2 ] Genera
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Tibet.There are 30 mammal species in Tibet, all of which are adapted to the country's low temperatures and high elevations.