Mammal / Vulpes bengalensis
Indian Fox
Also known as Lonkadi, lomadi, lomadio, lonkadio, lokri
Lowest risk
Native
The Bengal fox, 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.
- Average elevation
- 1350 m
- Range mass
- 2.26 to 4.18 kg
- Range length
- 45.72 to 60.96 cm
- Breeding interval
- Bengal foxes breed once annually.
- Breeding season
- Breeding occurs from December to January.
- Range number of offspring
- 2 to 6
- Average number of offspring
- 2.7
- Average number of offspring
- 4
- Range gestation period
- 50 to 53 days
- Average weaning age
- 3 weeks
- Average time to independence
- 4 months
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 to 2 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 1 to 2 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 10.0 years
- Range territory size
- 10 (high) m^2
Meadors, P. 2007. "Vulpes bengalensis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vulpes_bengalensis/
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