Cape 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, Cape | Vulpes chama | 3 kg | 30 cm | carivorous(mainly insects) | solitary | night | 2 months | 1-4 cubs |
They occur in the arid western part of our country in open grass lands.
This little fox is about the same size as the bat eared fox but has normal sized ears, silver-gray fur and a thick dark tail. They too eat insects, small rodents and they catch birds as well. They would eat fruits and berries as well.