Species Vulpes chama (A. Smith, 1833) (Cape fox)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Carnivora
  • ---- family: Canidae
  • ----- species: Vulpes chama
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
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
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 138
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Date: 6-Nov-05
Place: Etosha National Park, Namibia
Creator: Susann Eurich
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Date: unknown
Place: unknown
Creator: Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865–1926), Brehms Tierleben, Small Edition 1927
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

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