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Crab-eating Fox

Cerdocyon thous (entrerianus)

Photo by triggsturner
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Description:

Also known as Forest or Wood Fox. Medium sized fox body length 64cm (25") plus the tail 28cm (11") average adult. Weighing in at 5-8kg (11-18 lbs). Dark grey coat with foxy red areas around the base of the ears and legs, blackish muzzle and short strong legs.

Habitat:

An endemic to central and northern South America. It frequents scrubby savanna, woodlands and sub tropical forest. This individual seen in the Brazilian Pantanal near rivers.

Notes:

Although these foxes do hunt and eat crabs, they are also quite opportunistic feeders and will take insects rodents and birds where they find them. There are a number of sub species throughout their range. This one being C.t. entrerianus.
Ref: Wikipedia - Crab-eating Fox

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Comments (8)
triggsturner
Thank you for choosing this as SOTD and the comments. Great to share and even better when it brings awareness of a species.
AshleyT
Congrats, beautiful animal!
LisaPowers
Congratulations triggsturner! This spotting has been chosen as our SOTD! Thank you for sharing! https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/672267852406243328 https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156292291575603/?type=3&theater
triggsturner
Thank you for the comments guys, they are great little foxes and seem quite fearless.
Christiane
Very interesting.. Thanks for sharing .. :)
Mattia_Zagami
I didn't know yet about the existence of this species.. great spotting!

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