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     Meet the Fox-Wolf Hybrid
    Meet the Fox-Wolf Hybrid
    They look like giant red foxes, but they are not foxes or wolves. They are maned wolves, the only species of their genus and the tallest canids in the world.
    Etymology

    The term maned wolf is an allusion to the mane of the nape. It is known locally as aguará guazú (meaning "large fox") in the Guarani language, or kalak in the Toba Qom language, lobo-guará in Portuguese, and lobo d… See more

    Taxonomy

    Although the maned wolf displays many fox-like characteristics, it is not closely related to foxes. It lacks the elliptical pupils found distinctively in foxes. The maned wolf's evolutionary relationship to the other members o… See more

    Description

    The species was described in 1815 by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, initially as Canis brachyurus. Lorenz Oken classified it as Vulpes cancosa, and only in 1839 did Charles Hamilton Smith describe the genus Chrysocyo… See more

    Ecology and behavior

    The maned wolf is a twilight animal, but its activity pattern is more related to the relative humidity and temperature, similar to that observed with the bush dog (Speothos venaticus). Peak activity occurs between 8 and 10 am… See more

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