crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL
Date 24 July 2016, 17:49
Source Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous) https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/30951182894/
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE https://www.flickr.com/people/65695019@N07
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The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the forest fox, wood fox, or Maikong, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America, and which appeared during the Pliocene epoch. Like South American foxes, which are in the genus Lycalopex, it is not closely related to true foxes: Cerdocyon comes from the Greek words kerdo (meaning fox) and cyon (dog) referring to the dog-and fox-like characteristics of this animal.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Genus: Cerdocyon
Species: Cerdocyon thous Linnaeus, 1766
Synonyms: Canis thous Linnaeus, 1766