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Bengal fox

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Vulpes bengalensis, a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent.

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Bengaalse vos — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Bengali: বাংলা শিয়াল (baṅla śiẏal) — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Dutch: Bengaalse vos — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Dutch: Indische vos — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Finnish: bengalinkettu — Vulpes bengalensis
  • French: renard du Bengale — Vulpes bengalensis
  • German: Bengalfuchs — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Gujarati: લોંકડી (loṅkḍī) — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Italian: volpe indiana — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Malay: rubah Benggala — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Maltese: volpi tal-Bengal — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bengalrev — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Polish: lis bengalski — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Russian: бенга́льская лиси́ца (bengálʹskaja lisíca) — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Spanish: zorro de Bengala — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Spanish: zorro indio — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Swahili: mbweha wa Bungala — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Swedish: indisk räv — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Swedish: bengalisk räv — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Swedish: bengalräv — Vulpes bengalensis
  • Turkish: Bengal tilkisi — Vulpes bengalensis