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Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)

DF, Brazil.

 

This is a medium-sized canid endemic to the central parts of South America. The species dates back at least to the Pleistocene epoch. Although commonly called "fox", it is not closely related to true foxes.

 

The body length averages 64.3 centimetres, and the average tail length is 28.5 centimetres. It can weigh between 4.5 and 7.7 kg.

 

It's common within its range and the population is stable.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Subfamily: Caninae

Tribe: Canini

Subtribe: Cerdocyonina

Genus: Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith, 1839

Species: C. thous (Linnaeus, 1766)

Binomial name: Cerdocyon thous

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Uploaded on February 28, 2025
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