Mass: 2.7 kg based on Stuart 1981 and Kamler et al. 2012
Diet: carnivore-frugivore based on Kamler et al. 2015; invertivore-carnivore based on Stuart 1981
Abundance: 0.08 to 5.31% (median 1.78%)
Latitudinal range: -34.3° to -20.5°Habitats: (8), Mediterranean woodland (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)
Found in 11 samples
Lesotho: Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene)
Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Plateau Park
South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Post HP) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)
♀ body mass | 2500 kg | N = 11 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ body mass | 2800 kg | N = 17 | Stuart 1981 |
body mass | 2900 kg | N = 11 | Kamler et al. 2012 |
♀ ear length | 97 mm | N = 17 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 98 mm | N = 22 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ head and body length | 553 mm | N = 15 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ head and body length | 554 mm | N = 21 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ hind foot length | 126 mm | N = 17 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ hind foot length | 131 mm | N = 20 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ skull length | 113 mm | N = 26 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ skull length | 115 mm | N = 24 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ tail length | 338 mm | N = 17 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ tail length | 348 mm | N = 25 | Stuart 1981 |
See also Vulpes, Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes galaticus, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sp., Vulpes stenognathus, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda