Crab-eating fox Facts
Crab-eating fox Facts
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Crab-eating fox can reach 24 to 28 inches in length and 11 to 18 pounds of weight. Tail is usually 12 inches long. |
Crab-eating fox is covered with brownish grey fur. Legs, face and ears are reddish colored. Tips of the ears, tail and legs are black-colored. |
Crab-eating fox has pointed muzzle, wide, rounded ears, narrow body, short legs and long, bushy tail. |
Latin name of the crab-eating fox, "Cerdocyon", originates from Greek language. Word "kerdo" means fox, while "cyon" means dog. Name indicates that crab-eating fox looks like a blend of fox and dog. |
Crab-eating fox is active at dusk and during the night (nocturnal animal). |
Crab-eating fox is capable for digging burrows, but it prefers to live in the burrows of other animals. It also hides in the tall grass and dense bushes. |
Crab-eating fox is an omnivore (diet based on plants and meat). It eats crabs and crustaceans during the wet season (hence the name, crab-eating fox). Insects represent main source of food during the dry periods of the years. Crab-eating fox also consumes eggs, birds, tortoise, lizards, fruit and carrion. |
Crab-eating fox raises its tail when it is excited and hairs when it is threatened. |
Crab-eating fox is territorial during the dry season, when food sources are scarce. One animal usually covers territory of 1.5 square miles. |
Crab-eating foxes live in pairs composed of two animals of opposite sex. They are able to bark and produce buzzing and howling sounds for communication. Tail wagging is a sign of greeting that can be seen when two foxes meet after period of separation. |
Crab-eating fox can mate all year round, but they prefer period from November to December and July. |
Crab-eating foxes are monogamous animals (one couple mates for a lifetime). |
Female produces two litters per year. Pregnancy lasts 56 days and ends with 2 to 6 pups. Babies are born with closed eyes and ears. At the age of one month, young crab-eating foxes enrich their milk-based diet with solid food. |
Crab-eating fox reaches sexual maturity at the age of one year. Adult animals (of both sex) urinate with raised leg. |
Crab-eating fox can survive up to 11 years in the captivity. |
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