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 velox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda