Crab-eating Fox
Cerdocyon thous
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,055
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the forest dog, wood fox, bushfox (not to be confused with the bush dog) 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 (meaning fox) and kyon (dog) referring to the dog- and fox-like characteristics of this animal.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Crab-eating fox”.