Crab-eating fox

"Woodfox" redirects here. For the basketball player, see Booker Woodfox.

Crab-eating fox[1]
Cerdocyon thous from Colombia
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Cerdocyonina
Genus: Cerdocyon
C. E. H. Smith, 1839
Species:
C. thous
Binomial name
Cerdocyon thous
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Crab-eating fox range
Synonyms

Canis thous Linnaeus, 1766

The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the forest fox, wood fox, bushdog (not to be confused with the bush dog) or maikong, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America since at least the Pleistocene epoch.[1][2][4] 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 kyon (dog) referring to the dog- and fox-like characteristics of this animal.[5]

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  2. ^ a b Lucherini, M. (2015). "Cerdocyon thous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T4248A81266293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T4248A81266293.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (1995). "The Mammals of Argentina: An Etymology" (PDF). Mastozoología Neotropical. 2 (2). SAREM: 173–206. ISSN 0327-9383. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2016.