• The main prey is small rodents, but when they are scarce it switches to insects.

The corsac fox primarily feeds on small rodents, and also catches insects, birds, and occasionally eats berries or carrion; the species obtains food through hunting on the ground and searching for prey by sound, employing active hunting, ambushes, foraging, and scavenging strategies. Its diet includes such rodents as gray voles, marmots, field mice, allactaga, little sand rats, hares, jerboas, hairy dormice, and pratincoles. The daily food requirement ranges from 150 grams to 350 grams. The species’ prey consists of voles, marmots, field mice, insects, birds, and occasionally berries or carrion. In some cultures, the animal is eaten, but it is not considered halal or kosher.