English Name:
-Hoary zorro / hoary fox / small-toothed dog
other names
-Fr: Renard du Bresil
-Ger: (Brasilianischer) Kampfuchs
Group
-Dusicyon(Kamp-Foxes)
Lathin Name:
-Lycalopex vetulus / Dusicyon Vetulus
appearance:
-Shape and Size Foxlike. Fur short, dense7, yellow-brown, downside lightened.
-Short, predominantly gray fur; black longitude stripe on upper surface
of the tail; tip of tail also black 7
-Hoary foxes are smaller than pampas foxes and are almost uniformly gray,
with a white throat. The exterior of the legs is yellow, and there is a
black spot above the tail gland.
-Body length: About 2 ft; 60 cm
-Tail length: 13 in; 32 cm
-Weight: 5.9-8.8 lb; 2.7-4 kg
Geographic Range:
-southern Central-brasilia
Habitat:
-Like the Pampas
fox, denizens of savannas
-Hoary foxes live in tall grass steppes and in savanna interspersed with
wooden islands. Their habitat extends across the more open terrain of east
central Brazil. Little is known of their habits, which are thought to resemble
those of the oamoas fox.
Behaviour:
Activity: dusk and during the night
-nests built in deserted armadillo caves or similar sites
-follow civilization.
Reproduction
-Young per birth: 2-4
- Birth-time: Sep.
Food Habits:
-Small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, plants, fruits
Specialities :
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others :
- existence in the wild localy endangered, rarely shown in Zoos.
- General Info about all Kamp-foxes
- nobody really known the present status of the small hoary zorro, Dusicyon
vetulus, also known as the hoary fox or small-toothed dog, which may be
suffering from changing agricultural practices and deforestation...
-The Brazilian hoary fox (Dusicyon vetulus) is sometimes classed in a genus of its own, Lycalopex, but apparently there seems to be no justification for doing so.