Vulpes chama (carnivore)

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)

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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)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass2500 kgN = 11Stuart 1981
♂ body mass2800 kgN = 17Stuart 1981
body mass2900 kgN = 11Kamler et al. 2012
♀ ear length97 mmN = 17Stuart 1981
♂ ear length98 mmN = 22Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length553 mmN = 15Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length554 mmN = 21Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length126 mmN = 17Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length131 mmN = 20Stuart 1981
♀ skull length113 mmN = 26Stuart 1981
♂ skull length115 mmN = 24Stuart 1981
♀ tail length338 mmN = 17Stuart 1981
♂ tail length348 mmN = 25Stuart 1981

See also Vulpes, Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sp., Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda