Crab-eating fox [LC]
Cerdocyon thous
[Scientific name]
Cachorro-do-mato
[Portuguese]
Zorro cangrejero
[Spanish]
Aguará chai
[Guaraní]
The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) is a medium-sized canid, relatively common throughout their range from northern Colombia and Venezuela, south to Entre Ríos, Argentina, and from the Andean foothills in Bolivia and Argentina to the Atlantic forests of eastern Brazil to the western coast of Colombia. Despite their name, crabs and other crustaceans only make up the bulk of their diet during the wet seasons, while insects become their primary prey during the dry season. They also consume eggs, fruit, small lizards and carrion to supplement their diet.
POPULATION TREND
STABLE
HABITAT & ECOLOGY
Forest • Grassland • Human modified • Inland Wetlands • Savanna • Shrubland