"Delalande's fox" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "After French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.",
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          "ref": "1905, Flint, William, Science in South Africa: a handbook and review. Prepared under the auspices of the South African governments and the South African association for the advancement of science, →OCLC",
          "text": "The cosmopolitan family Canidae has five representatives in South Africa. Two of these belong to genera peculiar to the Ethiopigm region. One of them, Delalande's Fox (Otocyon megalotis), is a gentle and harmless little creature preying chiefly on termites, and distinguished externally by its long pointed ears.",
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          "ref": "1910, The Encyclopedia Britannica",
          "text": "The so-called foxes of South America, such as the crab-eating fox (C. thous), Azara’s fox (C. azarae), and the colpeo (C. magellanicus), are aberrant members of the typical genus Canis. On the other hand, the long-eared fox or Delalande’s fox (Otocyon megalotis) of south and east Africa represents a totally distinct genus.",
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          "ref": "1987, Fetner, P. Jay, Plimpton, George, The African safari: the ultimate wildlife and photographic adventure, →OCLC",
          "text": "The Bat-eared, or Delalande's fox is called \"mbweha masikio\" in Kiswahili, which means \"eared jackal,\" but he is a true fox (and has, for example, the fox-like vertical eye pupils). Found only in Africa, this is the one fox — there are others in Africa — that the safarist is likely to see.",
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  "word": "Delalande's fox"
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  "etymology_text": "After French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.",
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          "ref": "1905, Flint, William, Science in South Africa: a handbook and review. Prepared under the auspices of the South African governments and the South African association for the advancement of science, →OCLC",
          "text": "The cosmopolitan family Canidae has five representatives in South Africa. Two of these belong to genera peculiar to the Ethiopigm region. One of them, Delalande's Fox (Otocyon megalotis), is a gentle and harmless little creature preying chiefly on termites, and distinguished externally by its long pointed ears.",
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