Vulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1826) . In Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Saugeth., p. 33, pl. 11.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, Kordofan .

DISTRIBUTION: Semiarid sahelian region of Africa from Senegal through Nigeria, Cameroun and Sudan to Somalia.

COMMENT: Placed in genus Canis, subgenus Vulpes by Van Gelder, 1978:8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001015007001.