Little is known about Vulpes pallida or the threats that it may be facing.
The pale fox is found from Senegal to Northern Sudan and Somalia, east to the Red sea, in a wide variety of habitats, including, desert, tropical scrub forest, tropical savanna & grasslands.
Other language names, in French: Renard pâlé; German: Blassfuchs.
The IUCN considers V. pallida as "Data Deficient".