Scientific name:Vulpes zerda
Foxes do bark, but it’s quite high and sharp. They bark once or twice and then fall silent. They don’t start barking the way a dog will.
Their distinctive batlike ears radiate body heat and help keep the foxes cool.
The Fennec fox is the smallest of all the world’s foxes, but it’s large ears, measuring 4-6 inches, appear to be on loan from a bigger relative. Their big ears are nearly half the size of their body.
Fennec foxes can live up to 10 years in the wild and 14 years in captivity.
They eat eggs, plants, rodents, reptiles and insects.
They are omnivores,
They are predators and
They are prey.
The Fennec foxes main predators are the various African varieties of eagle owl. Other possible predators include Jackals and the striped hyena.
Fennec foxes dwell in the sandy Sahara and elsewhere in North Africa.Their nocturnal habitat help’s them deal with the searing heat of the desert environment, and some physical adaptions help as well.
Fennec foxes live in burrows.
They are nocturnal hunters.