Vulpes pallida — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Vulpes

At a glance

Occurrence records458

Data sources6

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation17 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility458 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF458 records

01Narrative

The pale fox (Vulpes pallida) is a species of fox found in the band of African Sahel from Senegal in the west to Sudan in the east. It is one of the least studied of all canid species, in part due to its remote habitat and its sandy coat that blends in well with the desert-like terrain.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBPanTHERIAAnAgeEltonTraits

Size & morphology4

Body mass2 800 g

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 2 800 g · AnAge: 2 800 g · AmnioteDB: 10 149 g · EltonTraits: 2 800 g

Body mass (male)10 600 g

Head body length429 mm

SVL65.08 cm

Life cycle & reproduction8

Age at maturity (male)274 days

Age at sexual maturity313 days

Gestation52 days

⚠ sources differ — AnAge: 52 days · AmnioteDB: 62.07 days

Litter size4

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 4 · AnAge: 4 · AmnioteDB: 5.49

Litters per year1 /year

Max. longevity120 months

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 120 months · AnAge: 192 months · AmnioteDB: 262 months

Neonate mass75 g

⚠ sources differ — AnAge: 75 g · AmnioteDB: 225 g

Weaning age54.92 days

Diet & foraging6

Breadth6

Plant other20 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Vertebrate ectotherm20 %

Vertebrate endotherm50 %

Vertebrate unknown10 %

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth1

Terrestriality1.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean38.33 mm

Temperature mean271 decidegC

Other traits4

Activity cycle1.00

Foraging stratumG

Interbirth interval365 days

Population density6.11 /km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type458 records

Wild obs. + sensor438

Museum / vouchered8

Other12

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO440 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 70≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 10

85 georeferenced · 353 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor438

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence8

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 institutions3 of 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Stockholm, SE	5
Los Angeles, US	2
Paris, FR	1

3 institutions · 8 of 8 vouchered records shown