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African bat-eared fox - OTOCYON MEGALOTIS
Possibly Endangered
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The Name "Fox": "Fox" is an Old English word for the animal.
Location: East and southern Africa.
Habitat: Terrestrial. All types of savanna and open plains.
Description: This fox is mostly yellowish brown with some black on the feet, face, and tips of the ears and tail. The legs are relatively short and the tail is bushy. This species has 48 teeth which are somewhat weak. The head and body are about 23 inches long, with the tail adding 10 to 13 inches. This fox weighs seven to ten pounds.
Behavior: This animal lives alone, in pairs, or in groups of up to seven. Generally it is nocturnal, but it is often seen moving about during the day. It is inquisitive and will often approach houses. It hides among tall grasses, in thick bushes, or in holes in the ground. As its teeth indicates, it feeds mostly on insects, but will eat small rodents, eggs, lizards, and other animals. It never preys on livestock. It is preyed on by large raptors such as eagles.
Reproduction: Gestation lasts for 60 to 70 days and three to five young are born in a burrow between December and February.
Go to the Carnivore Page to learn more about all the meat-eating animals.
Or go to the Fox Index to study other
foxes.
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