The Tibetan fox, Vulpes ferrilata, also called the Tibetan sand fox, is a true fox of the high Tibetan Plateau and neighbouring Bhutan, China, India and Nepal, living at elevations up to about 5,300 metres. It has a soft dense rufous coat on the back and legs, grey cheeks and flanks, a narrow muzzle and a bushy white-tipped tail, and adults weigh about 4 to 5.5 kilograms. Among true foxes its skull is the most specialised for carnivory. It lives in semi-arid to arid grasslands far from people and mainly preys on plateau pikas, as well as rodents, marmots, hares, ground birds and lizards. It hunts by day, as pikas are diurnal, and sometimes forms commensal relationships with brown bears. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
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endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
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endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
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endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
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It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List, on account of its widespread range in the Tibetan Plateau's steppes and semi-deserts.
Behaviour and ecology
The Tibetan fox primarily preys on plateau pikas, followed by rodents, marmots, woolly hares, rabbits, small ground birds and lizards.
Behaviour and ecology, activity pattern
Tibetan foxes are mostly solitary, daytime hunters as their main prey, pikas, are diurnal.
Distribution and habitat
It primarily inhabits semi-arid to arid grasslands, well away from humans or from heavy vegetation cover.
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endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
Lead, India
endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
Lead, Nepal
endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
Lead, Bhutan
endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
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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 and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft).
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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 and Bhutan, China, India and Nepal up to elevations of about 5,300 m (17,400 ft).
In Biome: Steppe, Lead, steppes
It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List, on account of its widespread range in the Tibetan Plateau's steppes and semi-deserts.
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Vulpes ferrilata
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITESQuote, Conservation Status: CITES
No special status
3. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt row Vulpes ferrilata, BodyMass-Value (grams)Quote, MamFuncDat.txt row Vulpes ferrilata, BodyMass-Value (grams)
Vulpes ferrilata Canidae 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 5000
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