Bat-eared Fox
| Common name | Scientific name | Average weight of adult male | Average length or shoulder height | Diet | How do they live | Feeding time | Gestation period | Number of young at birth |
| Fox, bat-eared | Otocyon megalotis | 4 kg | 30 cm | carnivorous(mostly insects) | solitary/family groups | night/dawn | 2 months | 4-6 cubs |
They occur in the arid western part of our country in open grass lands.
This harmless little fox lives in old aardvark holes. They only eat insects, small rodents and some reptiles that they find underground by using those big ears and excellent hearing