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Large, erect ears with Erect mane A DOG OF LITTLE EARS
white fur inside with darker fur The small-eared dog,
running down or zorro, is one of the
nape of neck rarest of the South
and back American dog family. It
lives in the tropical rain
forests, but nothing is
known of its habits.

Dark muzzle

MAGNIFICENT MANE
The maned wolf – in the
genus Chrysocyon – is
different from all other
members of the dog family in
that its tail is very short and
its legs are longer than the
length of its body. This animal
is not a wolf and it is not a
fox, though it is sometimes
called the “stilt-legged fox.”
The maned wolf lives in the
tall grass and woodlands of
southern Brazil and hunts by
pouncing on small animals.

Maned wolf

Very
long, Reddish yellow coat
stilt-
like
legs

Maned wolf’s short, bushy tail has mostly
white fur at its tip Dark-
colored fur
on legs and
Nazca pottery fox feet make it
from coast of Peru, look as if it
500 b.c. – a.d. 600 THE CRAB-EATING ZORRO is wearing
This brindled gray, crab-eating fox stockings
probably does not often eat crabs, so
forest fox is a better name. It is a doglike
creature and lives in the tropical forests
of northeastern South America.

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