NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Blanford's Fox
Vulpes cana Blanford, 1877
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) is a small fox native to West Asia, Central Asia and parts of South Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Wikipedia contributors, Blanford's fox; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:37:45.730749+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Vulpes cana Blanford, 1877
- Name authority
- Blanford, 1877
- Common name
- Blanford's Fox
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Canidae
- Genus
- Vulpes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821
- suborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938
- familyCanidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
- genusVulpes Frisch, 1775
- speciesVulpes cana Blanford, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Vulpes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetan FoxVulpes ferrilata Hodgson, 1842 | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert FoxVulpes macrotis Merriam, 1888 | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale FoxVulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1826) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rüppell's FoxVulpes rueppellii (Schinz, 1825) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swift FoxVulpes velox (Say, 1823) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bengal FoxVulpes bengalensis (Shaw, 1800) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape FoxVulpes chama (A. Smith, 1833) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Corsac FoxVulpes corsac (Linnaeus, 1768) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cross FoxVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| FennecVulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780) | CanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621859 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5BSFN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.