Tibetan sand fox [LC]
Vulpes ferrilata
[Scientific name]
Wa
[Tibetan]
ཝ་མོ
[Tibetan]
藏狐
[Chinese]
The Tibetan sand fox (Vulpes ferrilata) is a small species widespread in the steppes and semi-deserts of the Tibetan Plateau, from the Ladakh area of India east across China, including parts of the Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan provinces, and all of the Tibet Autonomous Region. This species is well known for a conspicuously narrow muzzle and their soft dense coat. Tibetan foxes may form commensal relationships with brown bears during hunts for pikas, in which the bears dig out the pikas, and the foxes grab them as they escape.
POPULATION TREND
UNKNOWN
HABITAT & ECOLOGY
Desert • Grassland • Rocky Areas • Shrubland