#0315 · 🦊 mammals

Crab-eating Fox

🇳🇱 Krabbenetende Vos ·Cerdocyon thous

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Diego Carús · CC0
2. © Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © anohturfft · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © leithallb · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Markus Lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Juan Manuel de Roux · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. El Palmar, AR-ER-CO, AR-ER, AR:© nachobarragan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Karanambu Lodge and area, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana:© Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Sucumbios, EC:© Diego Naranjo-Cruz · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Colón, Entre Ríos, Argentina:© Luciano Massa · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The crab-eating fox ( Cerdocyon thous ), 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 (meaning fox) and cyon (dog) referring to the dog-and fox-like characteristics of this animal.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,586iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,586 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).