Maned wolf
Chrysocyon brachyurus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Chrysocyon brachyurus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Canidae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- At dawn and dusk
- Continent
- South America
- Habitat
- Grassland, Savanna
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- It is neither wolf nor fox but the sole living member of its own genus.
- Its pungent scent marks have been compared to the smell of cannabis.
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- Coyote
Canis latrans
- African wild dog
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- Wolf
Canis lupus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q184389 · All animals · All entries