Desert fox
Desert fox may refer to:
Animals
- Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda), the world's smallest canid
- White-footed fox (Vulpes vulpes pusilla), also known as fox
Fennec foxes primarily live in the desert regions of Africa and Arabia. Their biggest natural enemies are Coyotes, hyenas, jackals, and eagle owls.The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small crepuscular fox native to the Sahara Desert, the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, and the Arava and Negev deserts in Israel. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate heat. The fennec is the smallest canid speciesFennec foxes live in North Africa, throughout the Sahara Desert and east to Sinai and Arabia. They prefer sandy deserts and arid regions with desert grasses or scrub vegetation. Fennec foxes are territorial, and mark their terrain with urine and feces
Games
- Desert Fox (computer game), a 1985 game for the Commodore 64
- The Desert Fox, a 1981 board wargame published in Strategy & Tactics magazine
Other uses
- Nickname of World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Rommel: The Desert Fox, a 1950 biography of Erwin Rommel by Desmond Young
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, a 1951 movie about Erwin Rommel
- The Desert Foxes, nickname for the Algeria national football team
- Operation Desert Fox, the 1998 bombing of Iraq by the United States and United Kingdom
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