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The Tibetan fox is an endemic of the Tibetan Plateau up to 5300 m. It is small and compact with a conspicuous head form. It lives in excavated dens or burrows under rocks or in crevices of boulder piles. There is a large industry in the higher areas of Tibet and Nepal for the fox’s fur, which is usually made into hats. <br>
The Tibetan fox is an endemic of the Tibetan Plateau up to 5300 m. It is small and compact with a conspicuous head form. It lives in excavated dens or burrows under rocks or in crevices of boulder piles. There is a large industry in the higher areas of Tibet and Nepal for the fox’s fur, which is usually made into hats. <br>
Red foxes are found throughout much of the northern hemisphere from the Arctic circle to Central America, the steppes of central Asia, and northern Africa. This species has the widest distribution of any canid and are found from sea level to 4500 meters elevation (animaldiversity.org). [[User:Johannes Schmidt|Johannes Schmidt]] ([[User talk:Johannes Schmidt|talk]]) 14:11, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Red foxes are found throughout much of the northern hemisphere from the Arctic circle to Central America, the steppes of central Asia, and northern Africa. This species has the widest distribution of any canid and are found from sea level to 4500 meters elevation (animaldiversity.org). <br>
[[User:Johannes Schmidt|Johannes Schmidt]] ([[User talk:Johannes Schmidt|talk]]) 13:58, 22 February 2024 (EST)


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WA, fox, drain pipe, gutter [IW]

fox [RY]

vixen, fox [RY]

wonderment interjection, fox, vulpes vulpes linnaeus [JV]

wa; 1) 20th consonant; 2) noun mo yig cig; 3) fox; 4) gutter at the top of a house; 5) rta shed rgyas pa'i skabs kyi drug mdo'i sgang gi shur [IW]

wa ; 1) 20th consonant; 2) noun mo yig cig; 3) fox; 4) gutter at the top of a house; 5) rta shed rgyas pa'i skabs kyi drug mdo'i sgang gi shur [symbolic meaning of fox: In the manner of a fox who has been trapped, and turns away without regard for life itself, having had a limb torn off, the yogin guards the commitments even at the cost of life itself. This is the skillful means which destroys disharmonious aspects and enters into the power of the commitments [gdmk] [IW]


(med) Tibetan Sand Fox (Vulpes ferrilata) (Drungtso 1999) and Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Yeshi 2017). Synonyms : wa skyes, skra bzang (Jam-dpal)
wa ni / wa skyes / skra bzang zer / spyang nas chung la ser po brang 'og dkar sngo mjug dang rna rtse nag po dri ngan pa'o // rgyud las / wa dang khug rta'i glo bas glo rdol gcod // ces gsungs so // mgo gzer la thod rus / mig la sbrul mig / lce la spyang lce / glo la wa glo / so la stag gzig 'brug gi so / snying la gri snying / mkhris la mkhris sna / rgyu la grum rgyus phan par rigs mthun pa'i nus par shel phreng gsungs // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 266)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_052) wa (30_50) wa'i glo ba (33_111) wa'i klad pa / snying / gcin. Jam-dpal (pdf p 266) wa

The Tibetan fox is an endemic of the Tibetan Plateau up to 5300 m. It is small and compact with a conspicuous head form. It lives in excavated dens or burrows under rocks or in crevices of boulder piles. There is a large industry in the higher areas of Tibet and Nepal for the fox’s fur, which is usually made into hats.
Red foxes are found throughout much of the northern hemisphere from the Arctic circle to Central America, the steppes of central Asia, and northern Africa. This species has the widest distribution of any canid and are found from sea level to 4500 meters elevation (animaldiversity.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:58, 22 February 2024 (EST)