Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Canidae
- ----- species: Vulpes chama
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Characteristics: | carnivore; height 30 cm; the fur is black or silver grey with the flanks and underside yellow; the tip of the bushy tail is always black; it is more slender than the Bat-eared Fox and its ears are smaller; |
Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1201
- Albany thickets
- AT1202
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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References: | Cillié 1997: 138 |