🐺Crab-eating fox
게잡이여우(Cerdocyon thous)는 남아메리카 중부 지역에서 사는 중간 크기의 현존하는 개과 동물이다. "숲여우" 또는 "나무여우", "커먼여우" 등으로도 불린다. 플리오세 동안에 처음 나타났다. 학명 "케르도키온"(Cerdocyon)은 "여우"(fox)를 의미하는 그리스어 단어 "케르도"(kerdo)와 "개"(dog)를 의미하는 "키온"(cyon)의 합성어에서 유래했으며, 이는 개와 여우를 닮은 이 동물의 특징을 나타낸다.
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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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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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