Tibetan fox

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q319070
Tibetan fox
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Summary

Tibetan fox is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,179 views/month, #1,381 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Vulpes[5]
  • Taxon name: Vulpes ferrilata[6]
  • Commons category: Vulpes ferrilata[7]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[8]
  • Short name: V. ferrilata[9]
  • Taxon common name: Tibetan fox[10], Renard sable du Thibet[11], Tibetan Sand Fox[12], Tibetfuchs[13], Tibetischer Sandfuchs[14], 藏狐[15], Sandrev[16]
  • Habitat: shrubland[17], grassland[18]
  • Gestation period: 52 day[19]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[20]
  • P14541: 450iEJ[21]

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Identifiers

Tibetan fox's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42074[22]. Tibetan fox's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 561074[23]. Tibetan fox's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327998[24]. Tibetan fox's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219309[25]. Tibetan fox's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621862[26].

Why It Matters

Tibetan fox has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Tbjornstad · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tibetan fox'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Renard sable du Thibet'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tibetan Fox'} +5
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bo', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: Sandrev"
  2. 5w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Parent taxon → Vulpes
    Local thumb → —
    Habitat → shrubland, grassland
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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