Cape Fox
Vulpes chama
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 253
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Cape fox (Vulpes chama), also called the asse, cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small species of fox, native to southern Africa. It is the only "true fox" occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, and it retains primitive characteristics of Vulpes because it diverged early in the evolutionary history of the group.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cape fox”.