Vulpes chama A. Smith 1833

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 583

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Vulpes chama A. Smith 1833 , S. Afr. J., Vol. 2: 89.

Type Locality: "Namaqualand and the country on both sides of the Orange river" [ Namibia]; fixed by Shortridge (1942) as "Port Nolloth, Little Namaqualand." .

Vernacular Names: Cape Fox.

Synonyms: Vulpes caama (C. E. H. Smith 1839) ; Vulpes hodsoni (Noack 1910) ; Vulpes variegatoides (Layard 1861) .

Distribution: S Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953).