NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



hunted by the natives of Bechuanaland, who utilise 

 its skin for making karosses. 



A full-grown specimen of this fox is of about the 

 same size as an English fox. Its body and legs 

 are slender and graceful. It has a beautiful coat of 

 thick and rather long fur, silvery grey in colour, the 

 under-fur being pale yellow ; legs black, tail bushy 

 for its entire length, and black at the tip ; ears very 

 large. Average length of body, two feet. 



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