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The fennec fox is the national animal of Algeria. [43] It also serves as the nickname for the Algeria national football team "Les Fennecs". [ 44 ] The species is depicted in The Little Prince , a 1943 novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry which follows the story of a pilot who is forced to make an emergency plane landing in the remote Sahara ...
Fennec foxes are the world's smallest canid and live in the deserts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. They are not endangered but are threatened by hunting and the exotic pet trade ...
True foxes are small to medium-sized animals, usually smaller than other canines, such as wolves, dogs, and jackals. For example, the largest species, the red fox, weighs on average 4.1–8.7 kg [14] and the smallest species, the fennec fox, weighs only 0.7–1.6 kg. [15]
Several fox species are endangered in their native environments. Pressures placed on foxes include habitat loss and being hunted for pelts, other trade, or control. [ 25 ] Due in part to their opportunistic hunting style and industriousness, foxes are commonly resented as nuisance animals. [ 26 ]
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10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.
New to the center is Lorenzo, a 2-year-old Bactrian camel; he has two humps and is an endangered species. Sampson said the ICC plans to add a female camel in the fall.
Rare species are species with small populations. Many will move into the endangered or vulnerable category if the negative factors affecting them continue to operate. Well-known examples of rare species - because these are large terrestrial animals - include the Himalayan brown bear, Fennec fox, Wild Asiatic buffalo, or the Hornbill.