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The "
Bengal fox" , also known as the "
Indian fox", is a fox endemic to the
Indian subcontinent and is found from the
Himalayan foothills and Terai of
Nepal through southern
India and from southern and eastern
Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern
Bangladesh.
"
Vulpes bengalensis" is a relatively small fox with an elongated muzzle, long, pointed ears, and a bushy tail about 50 to 60% of the length of the head and body. Its dorsal pelage is very variable, but mostly grayish and paler ventrally; its legs tend to be brownish or rufous. It is more daintily built than "
Vulpes vulpes". The tail is bushy with a prominent black tip which distinguishes it from "V. vulpes".
Back of ears are dark brown with black margin. Its rhinarium is naked and the lips are black, with small black hair patches on upper part of nuzzle in front of eyes. The ears have the same colour as the nape or maybe darker, but not having a dark patch as in "V. vulpes". Extensive variation in coat colour exists across populations and seasonally within populations, but generally varies from grey to pale brown. The head and body length is 18 in, with a 10 in long tail.
Typical weight is 5 to.
The genus "Vulpes" can be separated from "Canis" and "Cuon" in the
Indian region by the flat forehead between the postorbital processes and not inflated by air cells. The processes themselves are slightly concave with a raised anterior edge . The canine teeth are longer.
The species is found throughout much of the Indian subcontinent with the exception of the wet forests and the extreme arid zone. The distribution is bounded by the
Himalayan range and the
Indus river valley. The preferred habitat is short open grassland, scrub or thorn forest. They appear to avoid steep terrain, tall grassland. Indian foxes were considered to be habitat generalists, but recent studies have shown a strong preference for semi-arid short grassland habitats at multiple scales.
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