Vulpes chama (carnivore)

Mass: 2.7 kg based on Stuart 1981 and Kamler et al. 2012

Diet: carnivore-frugivore based on Kamler et al. 2015; invertivore-carnivore based on Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.08 to 5.31% (median 1.78%)

Latitudinal range: -34.3° to -20.5°

Habitats: (8), Mediterranean woodland (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

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Found in 11 samples

Lesotho: Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Plateau Park

South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Diepkloof Rock Shelter (MSA - Post HP) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass2500 kgN = 11Stuart 1981
♂ body mass2800 kgN = 17Stuart 1981
body mass2900 kgN = 11Kamler et al. 2012
♀ ear length97 mmN = 17Stuart 1981
♂ ear length98 mmN = 22Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length553 mmN = 15Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length554 mmN = 21Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length126 mmN = 17Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length131 mmN = 20Stuart 1981
♀ skull length113 mmN = 26Stuart 1981
♂ skull length115 mmN = 24Stuart 1981
♀ tail length338 mmN = 17Stuart 1981
♂ tail length348 mmN = 25Stuart 1981

See also Vulpes, Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes galaticus, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sp., Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda