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SPECIES Otocyon megalotis

Author:Desmarest, 1822.
Citation:Mammalogie, In Encyclop. Meth., 2(Suppl.): 538.
Common Name:Bat-eared Fox
Type Locality:"le Cap de Bonne-Espérance" [South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].
Distribution:Allopatric south and east African populations: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Synonyms allocated according to G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman et al. (1953).
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SUBSPECIES megalotis

SUBSPECIES canescens

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