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Corsac fox
Order : Carnivora
Family : Canidae
Species : Vulpes corsac
The Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac) lives in the steppes and semi-desert of Central Asia. It does not dig its own burrows, but most of the time it takes over other animals' burrows. It is more social than other foxes and might even live together with other Corsac foxes in a burrow. Nocturnal in the wild, in captivity they are more active during the day. It is speculated that they have become more nocturnal in the wild, because of humans hunting the Corsac Fox, forcing it to become nocturnal. Their carnivorous diet mainly consists of rodents, pikas, birds and insects. They have a characteristic way to catch their favourite prey, rodents, by jumping in the air and dropping down on their prey. Picture of the Corsac Fox by F. Spangenberg, licensed under GNU Free Documentation License.
The Corsac fox, corsac is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Corsac fox
A young / baby of a Corsac fox is called a 'cub, kit or pup'. The females are called 'vixen' and males 'reynard, todd or dog'. A Corsac fox group is called a 'leash or skulk'.Countries
Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Facts about the Corsac fox
The corsac fox is expected to be more social than most fox species as it has been seen hunting in small packs.
The Corsac fox is a long legged, reddish gray fox with large ears and a short, pointy face. (Full text)
The Corsac fox is usually shy, but the Corsac fox is closely related to the Arctic fox. (Full text)
Corsac fox is less well-wearing than most other foxes. (Full text)
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The Corsac Fox is smaller than the red fox, and is as tall as an average sized dog. (Full text)
1. Vulpes, genus Vulpes -- (foxes)Vulpes
genus Vulpes
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