‖ karagan
(ˈkɑːrəgən)
[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. |