DF, Brazil.
This is a medium-sized canid endemic to the central parts of South America. The species dates back at least to the Pleistocene epoch. Although commonly called "fox", it is not closely related to true foxes.
The body length averages 64.3 centimetres, and the average tail length is 28.5 centimetres. It can weigh between 4.5 and 7.7 kg.
It's common within its range and the population is stable.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Cerdocyonina
Genus: Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith, 1839
Species: C. thous (Linnaeus, 1766)
Binomial name: Cerdocyon thous
