This strange-looking canid is in the Namib Desert and does visit the cam mentioned in recent posts:
https://youtu.be/aU703CG6So8&rel=0
More information:
- Canid Specialist Group page
- Wikipedia
- Brut: “…it looks like a cross between a fennec and a fox…”
- More on the hypothesized connection, possibly, with true foxes.
Unlike many of the other small animals, bat-eared foxes don’t seem that skittish around people, if the circumstances are right.
For instance, in a rehab center:
https://youtu.be/y2y5YW5tVHs&rel=0
But these little canids are feisty:
https://youtu.be/X_8brgwgO24&rel=0
Well, there’s no point in trying to run away.
Note the cheetahs’ manes: they’re close to full size but still very young and spooky. Our BEF probably couldn’t have pulled it off against adult cats.
That was filmed on the Serengeti Plain, a much easier place to live than the Namib Desert.
Despite the competition from other wildlife here, bat-eared foxes have their niche:
https://youtu.be/wBUNjnE6nXo&rel=0
Lagniappe:
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