Cape fox

Cape fox
	Adult feeding on a helmeted guineafowl in Etosha National Park
	Cape fox kits
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Vulpes
Species:	V. chama
Binomial name
	Vulpes chama; (A Smith, 1833)
	Cape fox range
Synonyms
	caama (C. E. H. Smith, 1839); hodsoni (Noack, 1910); variegatoides (Layard, 1861);

The Cape fox (Vulpes chama), also called the asse, cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small species of fox, native to southern Africa.^[2] It is also called a South African version of a fennec fox due to its similarly big ears. It is the only "true fox" occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, and it retains primitive characteristics of Vulpes because it diverged early in the evolutionary history of the group.^[3]

^ Hoffmann, M. (2014). "Vulpes chama". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T23060A46126992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T23060A46126992.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT (2016). The red list of mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho (Report). South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust.

[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] Hoffmann, M. (2014). "Vulpes chama". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T23060A46126992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T23060A46126992.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

[msw3-2] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Red-3] Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT (2016). The red list of mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho (Report). South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust.

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