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Crab-eating fox

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Where does the crab-eating fox gets its name? | Candid Animal Cam

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Crab-eating Fox

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Female wild crab eating fox & cubs!

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Crab-eating Fox

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Interesting Crab eating fox Facts

The crab-eating fox, also known as the forest fox, wood fox, or Maikong, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America, and which appeared during the Pliocene 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 cyon (dog) referring to the dog-and fox-like characteristics of this animal.
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