Vulpes bengalensis — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Vulpes

At a glance

Occurrence records349

Data sources10

Biological traits22

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections6

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Vulpes bengalensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation21 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility349 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF349 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries6 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

The Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India, and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBPanTHERIAAnAgeEltonTraits

Size & morphology5

Body mass2 514 g

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 2 514 g · AnAge: 2 375 g · AmnioteDB: 2 157 g · EltonTraits: 2 726 g

Body mass (female)1 800 g

Body mass (male)3 150 g

Head body length522 mm

SVL56.08 cm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Gestation52.33 days

Litter size3.49

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 3.49 · AnAge: 4 · AmnioteDB: 3.49

Litters per year1 /year

⚠ sources differ — AnAge: 1 /year · AmnioteDB: 1.1 /year

Max. longevity120 months

Neonate mass58.49 g

Diet & foraging5

Breadth6

Fruit20 %

Invertebrate20 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Vertebrate unknown60 %

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth1

Terrestriality1.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean84.38 mm

Temperature mean244 decidegC

Other traits3

Activity cycle2.00

Foraging stratumG

Interbirth interval365 days

05DNA & barcoding6 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Vulpes bengalensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes1

eDNA detections6

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

atp6

mitochondrial

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type349 records

Wild obs. + sensor274

Museum / vouchered74

Other1

Origin

Native7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 040 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 65≤10 km 67>10 km 59

237 georeferenced · 37 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor274

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 4≤10 km 5>10 km 5

19 georeferenced · 55 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence74

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	5
Brussels, BE	4
East Lansing, US	4
Los Angeles, US	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	1
	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

8 institutions · 20 of 74 vouchered records shown · 54 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Vulpes bengalensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found6

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.