#sand fox

[gnoll-king]

🎶 When will my reflection show who I am inside 🎶

[patinoiree]

sand fox in the flowers

[nonohanao]

ウサギと🐰チベットスナギツネ🦊

( ¯ω¯ ) 虚無…

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[froggercube]

some minions

[quinn-borel]

"Isn't he precious? And the resemblance is uncanny!" "….dear, he does not look like me." "…."

[biologyluv]

Vulpes Rueppellii

Named after the German Naturalist Eduard Ruppell, the Ruppell’s fox (or Ruppell’s sand fox) is one of the twelve species of true foxes. Found in the dry regions of North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, these small foxes are very well adapted to life in the desert. They have huge ears to keep them cool and allow them to hear small prey, a light-colored coat that helps them camouflage and stay cool, and fur on the bottom of their feet to protect their paw-pads and help them run faster in sand.

Because they share all these traits with the fennec fox, the two are often confused with one another. Adult Ruppell’s foxes are slightly taller than fennec foxes and their coats are darker in color, but young Ruppell’s foxes are often almost indistinguishable from adult fennec foxes. If you ever need to distinguish between the two of them, look at the tail-tip. Ruppell’s foxes have white on the end of their tails while fennec foxes have black.

Like the fennec fox, Ruppell’s foxes prefer cold temperatures over hot temperatures, so they are crepuscular or nocturnal. They spend the day in a burrow, moving to new burrows every 4-6 days. It’s unclear why they do this, but it probably helps them avoid predators like jackals. These burrows are quite small, so when they have kits they move to a slightly larger burrow. Unlike most fox burrows, theirs very rarely have multiple entrances.

Water can be hard to find in the Ruppell’s fox’s desert habitat. As legend has it, the foxes drink by raising their heads to the breeze and getting water from the wind. Really, though, they get almost all the water they need from their prey. They are omnivores, so this prey includes plants, birds, insects, lizards, and small mammals.

I rate the Ruppell’s Fox 10/10. I want one

Photo credits:

(1) Unknown (2) Unknown (3) Theklan; only name given (4) Stuart; only name given lol (5) Jonas; only name given

[nocheamarga]

my special boy

[thorcat]

The new Sand Fox Minion with it’s little minion action when ./pet