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The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate heat and listen for underground prey.
Vulpes is a genus of the sub-family Caninae.The members of this genus are colloquially referred to as true foxes, meaning they form a proper clade.The word "fox" occurs in the common names of all species of the genus, but also appears in the common names of other canid species.
Name of animal Scientific name [a] Picture Ref. Albania: Golden eagle (national bird) Aquila chrysaetos [1] [2] Algeria: Fennec fox (national animal) Vulpes zerda [3] Antigua and Barbuda: European fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama [4] Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens [4] Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys ...
Kurama, a fox demon thief who is reborn as a human in Yu Yu Hakusho. Kurama, the nine tailed fox that is sealed inside Naruto Uzumaki from the series Naruto. The little fox, whose name is a "little fox" too. Urusei Yatsura. Mimi LaFloo, a vixen in Bucky O'Hare. Muggy-Doo. Nanao, a tiny kitsune from Ask Dr. Rin! Nick Wilde in Disney's Zootopia.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
The name Tieta honours the main character from the homonymous novel Tieta do Agreste by the famous author Jorge Amado, who was born in Bahia and lived in Salvador City [the type locality]. The name Antonieta further means 'priceless', alluding to the value of Tietasaura derbyiana sp. nov. as the first nominal ornithischian species from Brazil ...
For example, a ninko is an invisible fox spirit that human beings can only perceive when it possesses them. Kitsune have as many as nine tails. [42] Generally, a greater number of tails indicates an older and more powerful Kitsune; in fact, some folktales say that a fox will only grow additional tails after it has lived 100 years. [43] (In the ...
Wikipedia article names reflect usage, scientific names reflect classification: they're a different story. Looks like you may be right, though I'm sceptical as to your theory on the origin of the form "fennec fox". —innotata 23:01, 22 August 2012 (UTC) Note, sika deer is a widely used term originating in Japan. It is a repetition, because in ...