delalande's fox
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of bat-eared fox.
Example Sentences
- "The cosmopolitan family Canidae has five representatives in South Africa. Two of these belong to genera peculiar to the Ethiopigm region. One of them, Delalande's Fox (Otocyon megalotis), is a gentle and harmless little creature preying chiefly on termites, and distinguished externally by its long pointed ears."
- "The so-called foxes of South America, such as the crab-eating fox (C. thous), Azara’s fox (C. azarae), and the colpeo (C. magellanicus), are aberrant members of the typical genus Canis. On the other hand, the long-eared fox or Delalande’s fox (Otocyon megalotis) of south and east Africa represents a totally distinct genus."
- "The Bat-eared, or Delalande's fox is called "mbweha masikio" in Kiswahili, which means "eared jackal," but he is a true fox (and has, for example, the fox-like vertical eye pupils). Found only in Africa, this is the one fox — there are others in Africa — that the safarist is likely to see."