These creatures are called fennec fox, or with their Latin name Vulpes zerda, or simply desert fox. These bad boys are part of the canidae family (related with a lot of vicious fiend who looks nothing like them). Wikipedia provides me with their complete scientific classification.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Vulpes |
| Species: | V. zerda |
You can find them around North Africa, the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian desert and can easily differentiate them from other foxes from their large ears and small body. Their nocturnal habits and physical adaptation help them deal with the searing heat of the desert environment. What physical adaptation? Well, those ears, duh! Their bat-like ears radiate body heat and help keep the foxes cool. They looked like realistic stuffed animal version of foxes with real fox ears attached, but those big ears also have their own purpose. Cool huh? In captivity, their lifespan reach fourteen years.
Fennec foxes are so small their weight normally don't reach 2 kg. Their body length are around 24 to 41 centimeters with ears that could reach half that size. Yeah, ears half the size of your body. Imagine if humans are like that. Finished? Now thank God that we aren't like that. Most fennecs are around twenty centimeters in height. Their tails can reach 31 centimeters with black tip.
They are the social type. Making adjoined dens and living in packs. And what's even better are that once they mate, they mate for life. Even if one of them dies the other wouldn't go around searching for a new partner. Beautiful.
Fennec foxes are known to be omnivores, eating plants, rodents, insects, birds, eggs, and rabbits. Just like any other desert animal they can survive long without water. They can jump high an far and this helps them catch prey and avoid being caught as prey. They could also detect things by sound. Their hearing are really good.
This is probably as much as I could tell you about them, as looking through data on internet only gained me this. If you know more about them, mind sharing?
1. Where can you find fennec foxes?a. deserts.b. Sinai Peninsula.
c. North Africa.
d. Arabian Desert.
e. All of the above are right.
2. What is so unique about them?
a. their small build.
b. their fur.
c. their ears.
d. choice a and b.
e. choice a and c.
3. Why did they gain the social animal title?
a. they are small.
b. they live in deserts.
c. they live in packs and make adjoined dens.
d. they live close to each other.
e. they mate for life.
4. What is fennec latin name?
a. Vulpes vulpes
b. Vulpes macrotis
c. Vulpes zerda
d. Vulpes bengalensis
e. Vulpes velox
5. What kind of eater are they?
a. meats.
b. omnivores.
c. plants, rodents, insects, birds, eggs, and rabbits.
d. vegetables.
e. insects.
Lunaria used :
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS!!!
c. North Africa.
d. Arabian Desert.
e. All of the above are right.
2. What is so unique about them?
a. their small build.
b. their fur.
c. their ears.
d. choice a and b.
e. choice a and c.
3. Why did they gain the social animal title?
a. they are small.
b. they live in deserts.
c. they live in packs and make adjoined dens.
d. they live close to each other.
e. they mate for life.
4. What is fennec latin name?
a. Vulpes vulpes
b. Vulpes macrotis
c. Vulpes zerda
d. Vulpes bengalensis
e. Vulpes velox
5. What kind of eater are they?
a. meats.
b. omnivores.
c. plants, rodents, insects, birds, eggs, and rabbits.
d. vegetables.
e. insects.
IT'S HIGHLY EFFECTIVE!!
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