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The crab-eating fox is a small wild dog found in South America that, despite its name, actually eats a varied diet including fruits, insects, and small animals in addition to crabs. It is an important part of its ecosystem as both a predator and seed disperser, helping to maintain the balance of the forest and grassland environments where it lives.
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The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the forest dog, wood fox, bushfox (not to be confused with the bush dog) or maikong, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America since at least the Pleistocene epoch. Like South American foxes, which are in the genus Lycalopex, it is not closely related to true foxes. Cerdocyon comes from the Greek words kerdo (meaning fox) and kyon (dog) referring to the dog- and fox-like characteristics of this animal.
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