Vulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1826). In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth., 1 (2):33, pl. 11. TYPE LOCALITY: "Kordofan" [Sudan]. DISTRIBUTION: Semiarid sahelian region of Africa from Senegal through Nigeria, Cameroon, and Sudan to Somalia. STATUS: IUCN - Insufficiently known. SYNONYMS: edwardsi Rochebrune, 1883; harterti Thomas and Hinton, 1921; oertzeni Matschie, 1910; sabbar Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832.Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 286, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735919