NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 
pointed muzzle, big bushy tail, and large ears. Its 
colour is fawny-yellow with a silvery appearance 
on the back. The tail has a reddish tinge and is 
black at the tip. 
DELALANDE’S FOX 
(Otocyon megalotis) 
Also known as the Cape Fennec; Desert Fox; Bakoor 
or Basin-eared Jackal; and by the Bechuanas as the 
Motlose 
Dewatanve’s Fox inhabits the western parts of 
South Africa, and extends through Central Africa 
as far as Somaliland. It is not apparently confined 
entirely to the dry western parts of the country, for 
it is known to occur in the eastern portion of the 
Transvaal. Numbers of specimens have been pro- 
cured from Griqualand West. 
It is an inhabitant of the dry, open country, and is 
met with either singly or in pairs. 
In the wild state its food consists of rats, mice, 
locusts, termites, and other insects, supplemented 
by the eggs and young of ground birds and berries, 
fruits and bulbs. 
In captivity it is omnivorous, eating freely of 
fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, bread and milk, &c. 
When captured young this fox can easily be tamed, 
and will follow its owner about like a dog. A friend 
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