Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: RÃ 1\/4 ppell 's Fox ( Vulpes rueppellii ) , also spelled Rueppell 's Fox and also called the Sand Fox , is a species of fox living in North Africa and the Middle East , from Morocco and the Sahel region to an Afghanistan hills .
Simplified: RÃ 1\/4 ppell 's Fox ( Vulpes rueppelli ) , also spelled Rueppell 's Fox and also called the Sand Fox , is a species of fox .