The Channel Islands Fox (scientific name: Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox with 6 subspecies.The Channel Islands Fox is not afraid of humans, is at the top of the food chain on the island, and has no natural predators. Generally docile and easy to tame. They use smell, hearing and visual signals t...
Grey Fox (scientific name: Urocyon cinereoargenteus) is also known as Grey Fox in English. There are 16 subspecies.The gray fox's nesting territory is 3-5.6 square kilometers. The short-distance running speed can reach 45 kilometers per hour. Good at climbing trees, the tree-climbing ability is...
Fennec fox (scientific name: Vulpes zerda) is also known as fennec or Fennec Fox in English. It is one of the smallest canids in the world, about the size of a kitten, and has no subspecies.Hot days and cold nights are common in the North African desert, and the small fennec fox is well adapted to t...
The veld fox (scientific name: Vulpes velox) is also known as the Swift Fox in English. It has three subspecies.Steppe foxes are agile and can run up to 50 kilometers per hour. Their swift running helps them catch food and avoid being hunted by other predators. Hiding in underground caves is another...
Rüppell's Fox (scientific name: Vulpes rueppellii) is also known as Rüppell's Fox in English. There are 5 subspecies.Rüppell's Fox is most active at dusk and throughout the night, spending most of its time in caves and crevices. These dens are occupied for an average of 4-5 days befor...
Pale Fox (scientific name: Vulpes pallida) is also known as Pale Fox in foreign languages. There are 5 subspecies.Pale Fox is mainly active at night. It is a social animal, usually living in a small family group consisting of a pair of adult males and females and their children. They like to dig hol...
Kit Fox (scientific name: Vulpes macrotis), also known as Kit Fox and Desert Fox, is one of the smallest foxes in America, with no subspecies.Kit Fox likes to build dens in places with loose soil. Spend most of their time in dens, digging their own burrows or using those of prairie dogs, other roden...
Cape fox (scientific name: Vulpes chama) is also known as Cape Fox, and has no subspecies.Cape foxes are mainly nocturnal, although cubs play outside the cave during the day. The species forages alone or in pairs. Cape foxes are not very territorial, with overlapping ranges that vary from 1.0-4.6 sq...
Afghan fox (scientific name: Vulpes cana) is also known as Blanford's Fox, and has no subspecies.Strictly speaking, the Afghan fox is a nocturnal animal and a solitary hunter. Most of the time, the Afghan fox hunts alone. Even mating pairs tend to forage independently. There is no seasonal varia...
Bengal fox (scientific name: Vulpes bengalensis) is also known as Bengal Fox, Indian Fox, and has no subspecies.The preferred habitat of the Bengal fox is small open grasslands and thorny bushes, and they seem to avoid steep mountains and endless grasslands. Recent research reports show that the Ben...
Bush Dog (scientific name: Speothos venaticus) is also known as Bush Dog in English. It has 3 subspecies.Taxonomic Notes Because Latin is usually used as the official language for animal classification to describe animals, the species and species names of the bush dog are very interesting. The descr...
African wild dog, also known as Lycaon pictus, has five subspecies.The territory of African wild dogs ranges from 200 to 2,000 square kilometers. In the past, when they were more numerous, each group had about 40 members, and the largest group ever recorded had 100 members. Generally, each group has...
The Falkland Islands Wolf (scientific name: Dusicyon australis) is a species of Canidae that became extinct in 1876 (on West Falkland Island). The closest relative is the South American gray fox that lives in Patagonia, Argentina, which was also introduced to the Falkland Islands in modern times.Bef...
Maned wolf (scientific name: Chrysocyon brachyurus), also known as Maned wolf in English, is a rare animal of the genus Chrysocyon in the family Canidae, with no subspecies.Male and female maned wolves have a relatively fixed mate relationship and usually share a territory (about 27 square kilometer...
The Ethiopian Wolf (scientific name: Canis simensis) is a small dog with two subspecies.Every morning, Ethiopian wolf packs spend several minutes performing a greeting ritual, sniffing, barking, biting, scratching, licking, and staring at each other. This daily ritual strengthens the unity of the wo...
Red wolf (scientific name: Canis rufus), also known as Red Wolf in English, is a canine species that lives in North America and has 4 subspecies.Red wolves communicate with their conspecifics through tactile and auditory signals, body language, pheromones, and vocalizations, all of which help commun...
The Black-backed Jackal (scientific name: Canis mesomelas) is a long-legged, medium-sized canine with a fox-like pointed muzzle.The black-backed jackal is a monogamous territorial animal, and its social organization is very similar to that of the golden jackal. It is an animal with highly developed...
Coyote (scientific name: Canis latrans) is a species of Canidae, a close relative of the gray wolf. Because there are as many as 19 subspecies, the body sizes vary greatly. European explorers first discovered this animal in the southwestern United States.Coyotes used to be active during the day, but...
Side-striped Jackal (scientific name: Canis adustus) is also known as Side-striped Jackal in English. There are 6 subspecies.Side-striped Jackal is monogamous, with a relatively stable family structure. It regularly marks its territory with scent and resists intruders, and has a strong sense of terr...