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Bat eared fox

Otocyon megalotis

Description:

The bat-eared fox is an insectivore that uses its large ears to locate its prey

Habitat:

Kalahari desert, , Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Notes:

Kgalagadi national park, South Africa

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8 Comments

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Fantastic series! Congrats on spotting this fox in the wild. I have only seen them in enclosures.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Nice shots. Welcome to the project.

XXD17
XXD17 11 years ago

Bat-eared fox...

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Wonderful series Marti!
Welcome to the community!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Great series - welcome to Project Noah!

alyshasmail2
alyshasmail2 11 years ago

Cool

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

great spot, lucky you

very nice spotting marti.arch,congrats,thanks for sharing and welcome to Project Noah :-)
I hope you like the site us much we do,there are many features you can explore,first you should read the http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you have all the "rules" of Project Noah :-)
You have also a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from our best specialists in the diferents areas and also storys of wildlife "adventures" from our most knowened users.
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Enjoy your self,see you arround :-)

marti
Spotted by
marti

Mier Local Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 5, 2012
Submitted on Feb 12, 2013

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