Hoary fox vs Lagos-rubber

Lycalopex vetulus compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Hoary fox is Near Threatened while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hoary fox	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Lycalopex	Funtumia
Species	Lycalopex vetulus	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Hoary fox

NT — Near Threatened

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hoary fox	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hoary fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.