Raposa-do-campo vs Manjirioba

Lycalopex vetulus compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Raposa-do-campo is Near Threatened while Manjirioba is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Raposa-do-campo	Manjirioba
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Fabaceae
Genus	Lycalopex	Senna
Species	Lycalopex vetulus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Raposa-do-campo

NT — Near Threatened

Manjirioba

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Raposa-do-campo	Manjirioba
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Raposa-do-campo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Manjirioba

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).