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title: "Cape Fox"
description: "Vulpes chama — Mammiferi. The Cape fox (Vulpes chama), also called the asse, cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small species of fox, native to southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cape-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape Fox

> Vulpes chama — Mammiferi. The Cape fox (Vulpes chama), also called the asse, cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small species of fox, native to southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Vulpes chama*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 406
- Wikidata: [Q272933](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272933)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42055](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42055)

## Names

- en: Cape Fox
- de: Kapfuchs
- es: Zorro Chama
- fr: Renard du Cap
- nl: Kaapse vos
- pt: Raposa-do-cabo
- pl: Lis kapski

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (207), NA (125), BW (29)

## Summary

The Cape fox (Vulpes chama), also called the asse, cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small species of fox, native to southern Africa. It is the only "true fox" occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, and it retains primitive characteristics of Vulpes because it diverged early in the evolutionary history of the group.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_fox

## Photo

![Cape Fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49417057

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-fox?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).