🐺Short-eared dog
The short-eared dog, also known as the small-eared dog, short-eared fox or small eared zorro, is an elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. This is the only species assigned to the genus Atelocynus.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2011.
- Body mass
- 9.5 kg
- Body length
- 0.92 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Short-eared dog
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass9.5 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 9.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.92 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass64 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 12 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length3.98 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 4estimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l9.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Short-eared dog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusAtelocynus
- ›speciesAtelocynus microtis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusAtelocynus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusAtelocynus
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