maned fox

English

Etymology

Ostensibly, for its resemblance to a red fox.

Noun

maned fox (plural maned foxes)

  1. Synonym of maned wolf
    • 1878 November 9, Chicago Field, November 9, 1878‎:
      The maned fox of Paraguay, which is reddish foxy in color, with legs nearly black, and a patch of white on the lower jaw, and when full grown is five feet long and nearly three feet high […]
    • 1909, Chase S. Osborn, The Andean Land (South America)‎:
      Wild animals are numerous and include the jaguar or tigre, puma or leon, many wild-cats, the aguara-guazu or maned fox, which is reddish with a black stripe along the back; gray and red foxes, many weasels,
    • 1963, Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972, United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, Handbook of South American Indians‎, →OCLC:
      The large maned fox, “lobo do matto,” “zorro de crin,” “aguará-guazú” (Chrysocyon brachyurus, syn. C. jubatus, pl. 42) is a huge fox (weight, 20 to 30 kg. or 44 to 66 lbs.) with large ears and extremely long legs (height at shoulder, to 90 cm., or 36 inches), and short body and tail. It lives in the bush and forest patches of the plains of southern Guiana-Brazilia (Bolivia and central Brazil to Paraguay and Uruguay), and is a striking animal in form and behavior.
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