Bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis) are comparatively small nocturnal canids, which live in two disjunct populations in the eastern and southern parts of Africa (Figure 1 [coming soon!]).
Their head, back and the upper part of their legs are a grizzly grey, while their chest and the underside of their body vary from a light buff to a rich honey tone.
The species is set apart from the rest of the Canidae on the basis of several morphological characteristics associated primarily with its dentition.
A remarkable genus of the African fox, found in the country of the Hottentots, in the southern portion of the Dark Continent, and noted for the great length of its ears, which are nearly equal to its head in length, are erect and well covered with fur.
Huxley looks upon the otocyon as the most primitive of the canis, regarding the presence of the four molar teeth as a survival of a condition of the dentition exhibited by the common ancestors of the existing canidæ and the existing carnivorous marsupials.
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Young Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis) Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa
