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- Title
First confirmed record of a Cape fox, Vulpes chama, in Zimbabwe.
- Authors
Loveridge, Andrew J.; Seymour‐Smith, Justin L.; Sibanda, Andrea L.; Mabika, Cheryl; Ngosi, Edmore; Macdonald, David W.
- Abstract
The Cape fox (A. Smith 1933), with a body mass between 2 and 3 kg, is the smallest canid and the only vulpine canid occurring in Southern Africa. A previous survey in the same area in October 2014, using the same survey design and camera trap station locations did not detect the species. Our overall camera trapping records suggest that Cape foxes are extremely rare in western Zimbabwe having been recorded at only one of 536 camera trap sites deployed between 2013 and 2018 and detected on only five of a total of 24,175, 24-hr trapping days.
- Subjects
ZIMBABWE; RED fox; FOXES; CARNIVOROUS animals; SCOUTING cameras; INTRODUCED species; SHRUBLANDS; COYOTE; WILDERNESS areas
- Publication
African Journal of Ecology, 2019, Vol 57, Issue 3, p411
- ISSN
0141-6707
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aje.12605