Mountain fennec

Mountain fennec
Grouping Cryptid
Sub grouping Canid
Country Southern Algeria, Northern Chad
Region Central Saharan Mountains

The mountain fennec (Vulpes sp. nov.) is an unidentified local name of a fox reported by Dr Koen de Smet, announced from the mountains of the Central Sahara by the local Tuaregs. It is possibly conspecific with Blanford's fox. The mountain fennec may just be a Corsavach Swift fox with bigger ears.

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