Fennec Foxes


What is a Fennec fox? This is a Fennec fox:

image borrowed from Scott's Marvelous Mammals


Scientific Taxonomy: Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Vulpes (Fennacus), Zerda

Habitat: Desert regions of North Africa and the Middle East

Notes: Fennec foxes are very small, and they have large ears. These ears act like radiators to cool the fox in the desert heat.


I learned the following information mostly through reading library books and the following websites:

The Chaffee Zoo

The Living Desert

Scott's Marvelous Mammals


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