Subspecies and Distribution. V.r. rueppellii Schinz, 1825 — Egypt and Sudan (Nubian Desert). V. r. caesia Thomas & Hinton, 1921 — N & W Africa. V. r. cyrenaica Festa, 1921 — SW Egypt, Lybia, extreme NW Sudan. V. r. sabaea Pocock, 1934 — Arabian Peninsula and Middle East. V. r. somaliae Thomas, 1918 — Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. V. r. zarudny: Birula, 1913 — Baluchistan in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. in Canidae

Subspecies and Distribution. V.r. rueppellii Schinz, 1825 — Egypt and Sudan (Nubian Desert). V. r. caesia Thomas & Hinton, 1921 — N & W Africa. V. r. cyrenaica Festa, 1921 — SW Egypt, Lybia, extreme NW Sudan. V. r. sabaea Pocock, 1934 — Arabian Peninsula and Middle East. V. r. somaliae Thomas, 1918 — Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. V. r. zarudny: Birula, 1913 — Baluchistan in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Canidae, pp. 352-446 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.633115