Vulpes cana | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Taxa
Vulpes cana | Blanford, 1877
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is now restricted in the UAE to upland areas within the Hajar Mountains and Jebel Hafeet. It is assessed as Vulnerable under criterion D1 because the population size is estimated to be less than 1,000 and may well be close to 250 based on the information from recent sightings. The assessment is not adjusted as there is unlikely to be any rescue effect from populations in adjoining countries.
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat in the Hajar Mountains is being lost, degraded and fragmented by quarrying, road building, pipelines, and residential and tourism development. On Jebel Hafeet, the available habitat has been reduced by development along the lower reaches (Drew and Tourenq 2005) and this factor now also affects the upper slopes. Blanford's Fox may be affected by generalised predator persecution but is unlikely to be targeted specifically. It may also be outcompeted by the larger and more adaptable Vulpes vulpes taking advantage of expanding developments in the mountains.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
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History
The backcasted 1996 assessment for this species is Vulnerable under criterion D1 which matches the listing given by Hornby (1996).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Vulpes cana | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Canidae | Vulpes |