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Also known as Vulpes corsac

species of mammal

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The corsac fox, scientifically named *Vulpes corsac*, is a species within the genus *Vulpes*. It is a mammal that has not gone extinct. The species is also referred to by the common names Renard Corsac, Corsac Fox, and Steppenfuchs. Its habitat includes grassland and shrubland environments.

The corsac fox has a gestation period of 50 days and an average litter size of 5.5. The longest observed lifespan for the species is 13 years, with a mass of 62.5. It was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2014.

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Species

Least Concern

Corsac Fox

species

Observations427

Maximum longevity: 13 years (captivity) Observations: One specimen was about 13 years old when it died in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The corsac fox (Vulpes corsac), also known as a corsac, is a medium-sized fox found in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts in Central Asia, ranging into Mongolia and northern 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. It is also known as the steppe fox. The word "corsac" is derived from the Russian name for the animal, "korsák" (корса́к), derived ultimately from Turkic "karsak".

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “corsac fox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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