vulpid
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English
Noun
vulpid (plural vulpids)
- (zoology) Any member of the true fox genus (Vulpes).
- 1972, Bernhard Grzimek, Grzimek's Animal life encyclopedia, page 253:
- According to Hottentot legend, the cape fox feeds on ostrich eggs by rolling them over rocks until they break open. Little is known about reproductive behavior and life span of this small vulpid.
- 1979, Maxwell Riddle, The wild dogs in life and legend, page 151:
- The three vulpids under discussion here are the Pale Fox (Vulpes pallidus; the Sand Fox (V. rueppelli); and the Cape Fox (V. chama).