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title: "Bengaalse vos"
description: "Vulpes bengalensis — Zoogdieren. The Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India, and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/indian-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bengaalse vos

> Vulpes bengalensis — Zoogdieren. The Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India, and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.

- Scientific name: *Vulpes bengalensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 424
- Wikidata: [Q214835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42056](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42056)

## Names

- en: Indian Fox
- de: Bengalfuchs
- es: Zorro indio
- fr: Renard du Bengale
- nl: Bengaalse vos
- pt: Raposa-de-bengala
- pl: Lis bengalski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (345), BD (3), NP (3)

## Summary

The Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India, and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_fox

## Photo

![Bengaalse vos](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indian-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318168489

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indian-fox?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).