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Bush dog
Bush dog
(Speothos venaticus)
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Also known as:
savannah dog, vinegar dog, cachorro-do-mata, zorrito vinagre
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Canidae
Genus
Speothos
(1)
Size
Head-body length: 57 - 75 cm
(2)
Shoulder height: 20 - 30 cm
(2)
Weight
5 - 8 kg
(2)
Status
Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
and listed in Appendix I of CITES
(3)
.
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