Tibetan sand fox [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Tibetan sand fox
The Tibetan sand fox ("Vulpes ferrilata") is a species of true fox endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau, Ladakh plateau, Nepal, China, Sikkim, and Bhutan, up to altitudes of about 5300 m. It is classed as of "least concern" for extinction by the IUCN, on account of its widespread range in the Tibetan Plateau's steppes and semi-deserts.
It is sometimes referred to as the Tibetan fox, or simply as the sand fox, but this terminology is
been naturalised by cultivation across a much wider area. It occurs at altitudes between and .
It grows along the banks of rivers and wetlands in alpine areas, preferring sand, pebbly or bolder-rich alluvial substrates. Outside these areas it does descend into lowland areas, occurring along main rivers such as the Visla and the Rhine (often with Salix eleagnos and Myricaria germanica) as well as in loose sand dunes.
Conservation status.
The species is regarded by the IUCN as having a conservation status of 'Least