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Encyclopedia > Hoary Fox
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Hoary Fox
Conservation status
Data deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Pseudalopex
Species: P. vetulus
Binomial name
Pseudalopex vetulus
(Lund, 1842)
Please note that the Blanford's Fox, or Afghan fox, is also known as 'Hoary Fox'.

The Hoary Fox, Pseudalopex vetulus, or Hoary zorro, is a species of zorro (false fox) endemic to Brazil. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses Allotheria* Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Prototheria Order Monotremata Theria Infraclass Marsupialia Infraclass Eutheria The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from mammary glands present on most species... Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora IPA: (from Latin carō (stem carn-) flesh, + vorāre to devour) includes over 260 placental mammals. ... Genera Alopex Atelocynus Canis Cerdocyon Chrysocyon Cuon Dusicyon Fennecus Lycalopex Lycaon Nyctereutes Otocyon Pseudalopex Speothos Urocyon Vulpes Canidae is the family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals commonly known as canines. ... Species Pseudalopex culpaeus Pseudalopex fulvipes Pseudalopex griseus Pseudalopex gymnocercus Pseudalopex sechurae Pseudalopex vetulus Pseudalopex is the genus name for South American members of the Canidae family. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801 – 1880) was a Danish zoologist and paleontologist. ... Binomial name Vulpes cana (Blanford, 1877) Range of Blanfords Fox Please note that two a. ... Binomial name Vulpes cana (Blanford, 1877) Range of Blanfords Fox Please note that two a. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Species Pseudalopex culpaeus Pseudalopex fulvipes Pseudalopex griseus Pseudalopex gymnocercus Pseudalopex sechurae Pseudalopex vetulus Pseudalopex is the genus name for South American members of the Canidae family. ...


It is a slender animal with a relatively short, pointed muzzle, and large ears. It inhabits, mainly, the Brazilian Cerrado ecosystem, although it can also be found in transitional habitats. The cerrado (Portuguese: thick, dense) is a vast area of savanna-like grasslands in Brazil. ... An ecosystem, a contraction of ecological and system, refers to the collection of biotic and abiotic components and processes that comprise, and govern the behavior of some defined subset of the biosphere. ...


It is an omnivorous animal but feeds, mainly, on termites, dung beetles and other insects and small vertebrates. Omnivores are organisms that consume both plants and animals. ... Families Mastotermitidae Kalotermitidae Termopsidae Hodotermitidae Rhinotermitidae Serritermitidae Termitidae Reference: Earthlife as of 2002-07-26 A termite (also known as a white ant) is any member of the order Isoptera, a group of social insects that eat wood and other cellulose-rich vegetable matter. ... Genera not a complete list Agestrata Augosoma Canthon Chrysina Chalcosoma Chelorrhina Cheirolasia Cheirotonus Cotinis Dynastes Eudicella Goliathus Megsoma Onthophagus Pachnoda Phanaeus Plusiotis Ranzania Rhomborrhina Stephanorrhina Xylotrupes The scarab is a type of beetle noted for rolling dung into spherical balls and pushing it, as well as its habit of laying...

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Description

The Hoary Fox has short muzzle, small teeth, short coat, and dark stripes on the dorsal suface. Their tail is black on the tip and marked dark strupe along the dorsal line. Their ears and outsides part of their legs are reddish or tawny. The upper part of their bodies are grey, and their underside of the body is cream or fawn. The Hoary Fox weight between 2.7 and 4 kg, tail length is 28-32 cm. and from head to body length between 58 and 64 cm. They are active during the day.


Diet

The Hoary Fox mainly eat insects but They eat rodents, termites, and grasshoppers aswell.


Range

The Hoary Fox lives in some area in South America. They usually lives in the area where there are open woodland, bushlands, upland mountain and savannahs that are smooth or scattered with trees.


Reproduction

The females of Hoary Fox usually give birth to 2-4 pups. They mostly breed in the season of fall.


References

  • Dalponte & Courtenay (2004). Pseudalopex vetulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as data deficient
  • IUCN (2004): Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs

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