Maned wolf

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Genus: Chrysocyon

Species: C. brachyurus

The maned wolf is found in all grass lands in brazil as its similer to the red fox but large, The adult animal stands 67 to 107 cm (26 to 42 in) tall at the shoulder, they have reddish brown to golden fur, the lower part of its legs are black as they have a a white tuft at the end of his tail his legs are adopted

nicely to walk on the grass lands. The maned wolf have weight of  45-75 pounds. the maned wolf love to hunt without be in packs.

This crafty canine will tap its front foot on the ground flushing out any tasty snacks in the area, the maned wolfs will work together in saving their place, in mating season the male and his female will be with each other, and the pups will be born with a solid black coat.

Maned wolves are communicate with each other by urine, they rotate their large ears to listen for prey animals in the grass. their diet food consist of small animals, fish. The manned wolf are know to be still near threatened.

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