Crab-eating fox
Cerdocyon comes from the Greek words kerdo (meaning fox) and kyon (dog) referring to the dog- and fox-like characteristics of this animal.[5] The crab-eating fox was originally described as Canis thous by Linnaeus (1766), and first placed in its current genus Cerdocyon by Hamilton-Smith in 1839.This genus has persisted in South America from an undetermined time, possibly around 3.1 Mya, and continues to the present in the same or a similar form to the crab-eating fox.The crab-eating fox is predominantly greyish-brown, with areas of red on the face and legs, and black-tipped ears and tail.The crab-eating fox is a canid that ranges in savannas; woodlands; subtropical forests; prickly, shrubby thickets; and tropical savannas such as the caatinga, plains, and campo, from Colombia and southern Venezuela in the north to Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina at the southernmost reaches of its range.Several characteristic sounds are made by the crab-eating fox such as barking, whirring and howling, which occur often when pairs lose contact with one another.The crab eating fox is nocturnal, with peaks of activity in the middle of the night and the early morning.[15] The crab-eating fox searches for crabs on muddy floodplains during the wet season, giving this animal its common name.The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) lists the fox as not threatened by extinction.
Booker WoodfoxColombiaConservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaCarnivoraCanidaeCaniniCerdocyoninaC. E. H. SmithBinomial nameLinnaeusSynonymsbush dogextantSouth AmericaPleistoceneSouth American foxesNorth AmericaFerrucyon aviusshort-eared dogdiploidsavannaswoodlandssubtropicalcaatingaplainsVenezuelaParaguayUruguayArgentinaPanamariparian forestrainforestsmonogamicTerritorialismhowlingbreeding pairfloodplainsother crustaceansbird eggscarrionwet seasondry seasonrodentsharmful insectsEndangeredsubspeciesGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaBrazilBoliviaBogotáWozencraft, W. C.Wilson, D. E.IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesWikispeciesEutheriaLaurasiatheriaFeliformia ("cat-like" carnivorans)FeliformiaAfrican palm civet (Nandinia binotata)FeloideaPrionodon (Asiatic linsangs)Banded linsang (P. linsang)Spotted linsang (P. pardicolor)Felidae (cats)PantherinaeNeofelisSunda clouded leopard (N. diardi)Clouded leopard (N. nebulosa)PantheraSnow leopard (P. uncia)Tiger (P. tigris)Jaguar (P. onca)Lion (P. leo)Leopard (P. pardus)FelinaePardofelisMarbled cat (P. marmorata)CatopumaBay cat (C. badia)Asian golden cat (C. temminckii)Serval (Leptailurus serval)CaracalAfrican golden cat (C. aurata)Caracal (C. caracal)LeopardusPampas cat (L. colocola)Geoffroy's cat (L. geoffroyi)Kodkod (L. guigna)Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus)Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita)Ocelot (L. pardalis)Oncilla (L. tigrinus)Margay (L. wiedii)Canada lynx (L. canadensis)Eurasian lynx (L. lynx)Iberian lynx (L. pardinus)Bobcat (L. rufus)AcinonyxCheetah (A. jubatus)Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)Cougar (P. concolor)Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)PrionailurusLeopard cat (P. bengalensis)Sunda leopard cat (P. javanensis)Flat-headed cat (P. planiceps)Rusty-spotted cat (P. rubiginosus)Fishing cat (P. viverrinus)Chinese mountain cat (F. bieti)Domestic cat (F. catus)Jungle cat (F. chaus)African wildcat (F. lybica)Sand cat (F. margarita)Black-footed cat (F. nigripes)European wildcat (F. silvestris)ViverroideaViverridae