The Indian fox is reportedly the most wide-spread fox species known to occur in India. Despite this generalisation however, its distri-bution and status are virtually unknown. Al-though the Indian fox occurs in many pro-tected areas in India, it has not been the focus of much research to date. A preliminary sur-vey of sightings, pugmarks and dens was un-dertaken in seven districts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states in southern India, to de-termine the distribution of the Indian fox. Its presence was confirmed in ten of the 13 sites surveyed, with the most number of sightings and signs of Indian fox presence found in Rol-lapadu Wildlife Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh. The Indian fox appears to be sparsely but widely distributed within the localities sur-veyed.