#0163 · 🦊 mammals

Corsac Fox

🇳🇱 Steppevos ·Vulpes corsac

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Amaël Borzée · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © tatyana-omck · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Konstantin Romanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © tatyana-omck · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Рангазар, Респ. Татарстан, Россия, 423359:© Safina Rezeda · CC BY 4.0
8. Сузакский район, Казахстан:© Kudaibergen Amirekul · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Белоярский р-н, Свердловская обл., Россия:© Ivan Smorkalov · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Кош-Агачский р-н, Респ. Алтай, Россия:© Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The corsac fox ( Vulpes corsac ), also known simply as a corsac , is a medium-sized fox found in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts in Central Asia, ranging into Mongolia and northeastern China. Since 2004, it has been classified as least concern by IUCN, but populations fluctuate significantly, and numbers can drop tenfold within a single year.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 520iNaturalist observations
weight 63 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
520 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 63 g.
Scientifically named in 1768 (258 years ago).