🐺Crab-eating fox
The crab-eating fox, also known as the forest dog, wood fox, bushfox or maikong, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America since at least the Pleistocene 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 and kyon (dog) referring to the dog- and fox-like characteristics of this animal.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 5.74 kg
- Body length
- 0.67 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 13 years
Everything we know about the Crab-eating fox
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass5.74 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.67 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass40 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan13 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 13 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.19 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity279 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation56 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 55 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.41 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.4 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l5.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Crab-eating fox yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCerdocyon
- ›speciesCerdocyon thous
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusCerdocyon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusCerdocyon
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