Corsac (Vulpes corsac)

Other names: French: renard corsac, corsac; German: steppenfuchs, koraskfuchs; Russian: corsac; Indigenous names: Gobi Mongols: kirassu (Mongolia); Mongolian: kirsa, kiresa; Kalmic: bagata (Russian Federation); Tatarian: khorsic, corsac (Russian Federation); Kazach: karsac (Kazakhstan); Turkmenian: gorsac (Turkmenistan).

Species Account: (327 K)

Status: Least concern (2004)

Reports/Papers:

Allen, G.M. 1938. The mammals of China and Mongolia. Vol. XI, Part 1. American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Dinnik, N.Y. 1914. Animals of the Caucasus. Vol. 2. Tiflis.

Finch, C. 1996. Mongolia's Wild Heritage. Avery Press, Boulder, Colorado.

Heptner, V.G., and N.P. Naumov. 1992. Mammals of the Soviet Union (R. S. Hoffmann, ed.). E.J. Brill, New York.

Novikov, G.A. 1962. Carnivorous Mammals of the Fauna of the USSR. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem.

Ognev, S.I. 1962. Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Vol. 2, Carnivora (Fissipedia). Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, Israel.

Reading, R.P., H. Mix, B. Lhagvasuren, and N. Tseveenmyadag. 1998. The commercial harvest of wildlife in Dornod Aimag, Mongolia. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:59-71.

Relevant Links:

WildCRU Mongolian Carnivore Project - The Mongolia Carnivore Project is a scientific research project that investigates the ecology and conservation of the corsac fox and other steppe carnivores including red foxes, Pallas' cats, and badgers.

Denver Zoo – the Denver Zoo’s Department of Conservation works to conserve corsac foxes and other carnivores through their Mongolia country program.

(photo of corsac)

Corsac fox (c) Jim Scarff