First word from Latin vulpes (“fox”). Second word from Arabic [script needed] (zerdawā); for more, see zerda.

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1. A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – fennec, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.

• (species): fennec fox, desert fox, zerda; Fennecus zerda (obsolete)

• (species): Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Canidae – family; Vulpes – genus

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• Vulpes zerda at National Center for Biotechnology Information