The species was first confirmed in the UAE by Stuart and Stuart (1995). Subsequent research using camera traps and live traps has shown it to be common throughout the Hajar Mountains up to the Oman border on the Musandam Peninsula and on Jebel Hafeet, where a skull was found in 2009 (Llewellyn-Smith 2000, Aspinall et al. 2005, Mallon and Budd 2011). Locations include Wadi Bih, Wadi Shawka, Wadi Shuwayhah, Wadi Ziqt (Cunningham and Howarth 2002). It has been recently camera trapped in Wadi Wurayah and is quite often camera trapped in Ras Al Khaimah. However, in the mountains of Sharjah Emirate and at Hatta in Dubai there have been no records of the species in the last few years, only Red Fox, although access to the wadis in Hatta area has been restricted in recent years, hindering possible surveys. It was described as common at levels on Jebel Hafeet by Drew (2004) but There have been no records from Jebel Hafeet for the last few years where Red Foxes, feral dogs and feral cats now dominate the area. This is most likely due to transformation of the habitat due primarily to release of waste water and subsequent changes to the vegetation on the mountain, and with increased human presence, as well as residential and amenity development at the base. Globally, Blanford's Fox occurs in the mountains around the rim of the Arabian Peninsula including Sinai (Egypt), Iran, Turkmenistan and Pakistan. There is a single record from Egypt west of the Suez Canal (Hoffmann and Sillero-Zubiri 2015).