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南非狐

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南非狐
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科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 哺乳綱 Mammalia
目: 食肉目 Carnivora
科: 犬科 Canidae
屬: 狐屬 Vulpes
種:
南非狐 V. chama
二名法
Vulpes chama
(A Smith英語Andrew Smith (zoologist), 1833)
南非狐的分布範圍
異名
  • caama (C. E. H. Smith, 1839)
  • hodsoni (Noack, 1910)
  • variegatoides (Layard, 1861)

南非狐學名Vulpes chama)是原產於南部非洲的一種小型狐狸[2],也是漠南非洲唯一的狐屬物種,且為該屬演化樹上較基部的類群,因而可能保有較多祖徵[3]。本種的體長(不含尾)約為45—62公分;尾長30—40公分;肩高30—35公分;體重2.5—4.5公斤;毛色為銀灰色、耳後為黃棕色、耳廓中有白色的毛[4];下腹與四肢顏色較軀幹更接近黃棕色[5][6];尾部毛色為銀色至淡黃棕色,基部則為黑色[4];無兩性異型[7]

南非狐分布於南部非洲的乾燥與半乾燥地區,以及南非西部的弗因博斯等較潮濕的地帶[1],分布範圍北至安哥拉西南部[8]。本種為夜行性動物,在黃昏與拂曉時較為活躍,白天常在地洞中歇息,可挖掘自己的地洞或使用跳兔等其他動物挖掘的地洞[3]。本種一般為獨居生活[9];食性為雜食性,以小型哺乳類、鳥類、昆蟲、腐肉與植株為食[10]

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