This fox is one of the strangest foxes that you'll ever see. It is characterized by large dish like ears and grey-black markings. This fox lives mainly in the open grasslands and grassy deserts of Southern and Central Africa.
This foxy friend has taken a different route than most of its sibblings. It has become almost exclusively insectivorous though, if availible, it will consume fruits and even the occasional rodent. Eating mostly termites, it has lost many of the Canidae tooth features seen in other foxes. Its teeth have become needle like to more easily devour bugs. In addition, it has developed an additional tooth on each side of its jaw, giving it more teeth than almost all other mamals.
The Bat-Eared is smaller than the average Red Fox weighing in at about 4.5 kilograms and being 66 cenimeters long. (9.9 pounds and 26.4 inches long, for the metrically challenged). In addition, he has 30 cm (12 in.) of tail following him arround.
The Bat-Eared Fox is mostly noctournal preferring to go on termite hunting expeditions in the cooler nights. During the daylight hours, he will use his huge ears to expel heat from his body. Bringing blood into the thin ears, circulating air can carry off much of the fox's unwanted body heat.
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