Vulpes qiuzhudingi is believed to be the ancestor of which small fox native to the Northern Hemisphere?
Vulpes qiuzhudingi Vulpes qiuzhudingi is an extinct species of fox found in the Himalayas. It was primarily carnivorous. The fossils, dating from between 5.08 and 3.60 million years ago, were found in the Zanda Basin and Kunlun Mountains of Tibet. It was named after Qiu Zhuding, a paleontologist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The species is believed to be the ancestor of "Vulpes lagopus", the modern Arctic fox, which would support the "Out of Tibet" theory: namely, that a number of current arctic species trace their ancestry to species originally from the Tibetan Plateau.
Kei flying fox The Kei flying fox ("Pteropus keyensis") is a species of megabat in the "Pteropus" genus found in the Kai Islands of Indonesia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-bearded flying fox ("Pteropus melanopogon"). Very little is known about the species, its habitat, or threats to it.