Corsac fox [LC]
Vulpes corsac
[Scientific name]
Хярс
[Mongolian]
Қарсақ
[Kazakh]
Gorsak
[Turkmen]
The corsac fox (Vulpes corsac) inhabits the dry steppes, semi-deserts and deserts from the lower Volga River and Iran to Mongolia, Manchuria and Tibet. The species’ area consists of two parts – western and eastern – connected by a relatively narrow neck in the Dzungar Gate and Zaysan Basin region. Their presence appears to depend on the distribution of ground squirrels and marmots, whose dens they actively use as shelters (enlarging them) while hunting their owners. The population dynamics of this species fluctuate massively, and numbers can drop tenfold within a single year.
POPULATION TREND
UNKNOWN
HABITAT & ECOLOGY
Desert • Grassland • Human modified • Shrubland