Fennec fox

Japanese: フェネックギツネ - ふぇねっくぎつね(英語表記)fennec fox
Fennec fox

An animal of the order Carnivora and family Canidae. It is the smallest fox, and lives in pairs, male and female, in the deserts and semi-deserts of Nubia to Algeria, the Sinai Peninsula, and Arabia. It is small, with a head and body length of 36-41 cm, a tail length of 18-31 cm, and a weight of 0.8-1.5 kg, but its ears are unusually large, reaching more than 15 cm, and are suitable for cooling its body temperature. The soles of its feet are densely hairy, suitable for walking on sandy ground, and its sandy-colored fur serves as a camouflage. The tip of its tail is black. It spends the day in a cool hole that it has dug, and emerges at night to prey on jerboas, gerbils, small birds, lizards, insects, etc. It gives birth to 1-5 babies between March and May.

[Yoshinori Imaizumi]

[Reference] | Fox

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

哺乳(ほにゅう)綱食肉目イヌ科の動物。最小のキツネ類で、ヌビアからアルジェリアまでと、シナイ半島およびアラビアの砂漠や半砂漠地帯に、雌雄一対ですむ。頭胴長36~41センチメートル、尾長18~31センチメートル、体重0.8~1.5キログラムと小さいが、耳介は異常に大きく15センチメートル以上に達し、体温を冷却するのに適する。足の裏には毛が密生し、砂地を歩くのに適し、体の毛は砂色で保護色として役だつ。尾端は黒色。昼は自分で掘った涼しい穴の中で過ごし、夜、穴から出てトビネズミ、アレチネズミ、小鳥、トカゲ、昆虫などを捕食する。3~5月に1~5子を産む。

[今泉吉典]

[参照項目] | キツネ

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