The Tibetan fox is a medium-sized fox breed. I believe that there are many friends who don’t know much about Tibetan foxes, so let me tell you about the popular science~ 

I. Basic information

Foreign name: Tibetan fox

Alias: Xisha fox, copy fox, grass fox, Tibetan sand fox

Chinese name: Tibetan fox

Latin name: Vulpes ferrilata 

Boundary: Animalia

Department: Chordate 

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Mammalia 

Subclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora 

Suborder: Schizopoda

Family: Canidae 

Subfamily: Subfamily Fox 

Genus: Fox 

Species: Tibetan fox 

Subspecies: No subspecies Species

Tibetan name transliteration: Bojiwama

Name and year: Hodgson, 1842

II. Appearance characteristics

The Tibetan fox has a head and body length of about 490-680 mm, a tail length of 250-300 mm, a hind foot length of 110-140 mm, an ear length of about 52-63 mm, and a weight of about 3.8-4.6 kg.

The back of the Tibetan fox is reddish brown, with light gray hair on the sides, a white belly, and a white to light gray underbelly.

III. Distribution range

Tibetan fox is mainly distributed in China, India and Nepal.

IV. Living habits

Tibetan foxes are mainly active in the morning and evening, but they can occasionally be seen moving at other times.

Tibetan foxes usually feed on mice, rabbits, insects, feathers and berries.

V. Breeding methods

Tibetan foxes are usually monogamous, and their mating season is from the end of February to the beginning of March every year. The gestation period of female foxes is about 50 to 60 days, and each litter produces 2 to 5 cubs. The cubs will be born in about April to May every year.

VI. Protection level

Tibetan fox is a protected animal and has been included in many protection lists, as follows:

1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (The IUCN Red List): Least Concern (LC), assessed in 2008.

2. The List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State that is Beneficial or Has Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000.

3. China National Key Protected Wildlife List Grade II.

The above is all the information about Tibetan fox~ Everyone knows it!