Crab-eating fox

Gestation lasts 56.31 days, litters hold 4 young, there are 1.9 litters per year, and sexual maturity comes at 275 days. Its lifespan is 11.5 years, up to 12.7 years, and the IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

5.24 kg – 5.74 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

11.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

12.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

56.3 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

4src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

9.03 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.9src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The crab-eating fox is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyCanidae
6. genusCerdocyon
7. SpeciesCerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Canis thous, Dusicyon thous

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Wolf

Canis lupus

Canidae

LC, Least Concern

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae

LC, Least Concern

Coyote

Canis latrans

Canidae

LC, Least Concern

Golden jackal

Canis aureus

Canidae

EN, Endangered

African wild dog

Lycaon pictus

Canidae

EN, Endangered

Dhole

Cuon alpinus

Canidae

CompareCrab-eating fox vs WolfCrab-eating fox vs Red foxCrab-eating fox vs CoyoteCrab-eating fox vs Golden jackal

• An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
  Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
• Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
  Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
• Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
  Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence).
• EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
  Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
  Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
• Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
  Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).

@misc{crab_eating_fox_2026,
  title = {Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crab-eating-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}