Crab-eating fox
The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) is a type of canid. It is also known as the forest fox, wood fox, bushdog or maikong, It only lives in the central part of South America.[3][4]
| Crab-eating fox[1] | |
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| Cerdocyon thous from Colombia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | Caninae |
| Tribe: | Canini |
| Genus: | Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith, 1839 |
| Species: | C. thous
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Canis thous Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Distribution
The crab-eating fox lives in different habitats such as savannas, woodlands, subtropical forests, prickly, shrubby thickets; and tropical savannas. It lives in Colombia and southern Venezuela, Uruguay and northern Argentina at the southernmost reaches of its range.
Its habitat also includes wooded riverbanks such as riparian forest. They live in every habitat in South America except rainforests, high mountains, and open grassy savannas.[5]
Crab-eating Fox Media
Único membro do gênero Cerdocyon, o Cachorro do mato ocorre em uma ampla variedade de biomas brasileiros, sendo bem tolerante a presença humana, mas não à urbanização massiva.
A juvenile crab-eating fox in captivity
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References
- ↑ Wozencraft, W. Christopher. [http://books.google.com/?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&printsec=frontcover Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference] (16 November 2005). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
- ↑ Courtenay, O.. 'Cerdocyon thous'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008 (2008)IUCN. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ↑ Courtenay, O. & Maffei, L.. Cerdocyon thous (2008).
- ↑ Wozencraft, C. W.. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (2005). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
- ↑ Nowak, Ronald M.. Walker's Carnivores of the World (2005).