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Blanford's fox
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English
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Etymology
Named after the English naturalist William Thomas Blanford, who described it in 1877.* en https://archive.org/details/biostor-281286/page/320/mode/2up?q=Baluchistan+fox XIV.—Note on Two Species of Asiatic Bears, the "Mamh" of Balúchistán and Ursus Pruinosus, Blyth, of Tibet, and on an Apparently Undescribed Fox from Balúchistán William T Blanford 1877
Noun
A small fox (Vulpes cana species) native to the Middle East and Central Asia.
Synonyms
Afghan fox
black fox
hoary fox
king fox
royal fox
Translations
Vulpes cana
Dutch: nl Afghaanse vos
Finnish: fi mustatäpläkettu
French: fr renard de Blanford m, fr renard afghan m
Persian: fa شاهروباه šâhrubâh
Polish: pl lis afgański m
Russian: ru афга́нская лиси́ца f, ru белуджиста́нская лиси́ца f, ru буха́рская лиси́ца f
Ukrainian: uk лисиця афганська, uk лисиця Бленфорда
References
Vulpes cana 1
Vulpes cana 1
en Foxes
en eponyms