[Turkī, f. kara black: so mod.F. karagan.] A species of fox, Vulpes karagan, inhabiting Tartary.
1800. Shaw, Zool., I. 323. Karagan Fox … a small species, which, according to Dr. Pallas, is very common in almost all parts of the Kirghisian deserts.
1869. Gray, Catal. Mammalia, 205. Vulpes karagan (Karagan). Larger than the Corsac.
