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Fennec
Vulpes zerda (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Canidae - dogs and allies »  genus Vulpes - fox

Scientific synonyms

Canis zerda Zimmermann, 1780 o
Fennecus zerda (Zimmermann, 1780) Desmarest, 1804

Other names

= Fennec Fox

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Author: Ing. Petr Pivoňka

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

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juvenile animal

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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skull

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Author: Pavel Zuber

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Author: Pavel Zuber

Vulpes zerda - Fennec

Author: Pavel Zuber
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Taxon in country check-lists*

Africa: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara

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Intertaxon relationships

prey: Jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lesser Egyptian Jerboa, Scincus albifasciatus Boulenger, 1890

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Links and literature

CZ ZOO Praha - Lexikon druhů [12]

ZOO Praha - Lexikon druhů [http://www.zoopraha.cz/lexikon.php]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [41588]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Vulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1005978]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Vulpes zerda (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Vulpes zerda Zimmermann, 1780]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
DE Zootier-Lexikon [98:wuestenfuchs-vulpes-zerda&Itemid=243]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2018
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Vulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780)]
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