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Fennec fox                          Arctic fox

-Habitat: hot dry desert            -Habitat: cold desert (Tundra)

Structural adaptation:              Structural adaptation:
-it has sandy “tan” colored fur     -it has a thick fur to keep its body
to hide in sand.                    warm.
-It has extra-large ears to lose     -Fur is white during winter but it
heat to cool its body.              turns brown in summer when the
                                    snow melts to sneak up on prey in

                                                  any season.
                                    -It has short ears & legs to stay
                                    warm.

Behavioral adaptation:              Behavioral adaptation:

-It pants like dogs to cool its body. -It lives in burrows to stay warm.

-It lives in burrows to stay cool.

They have excellent hearing to help them hunt.

They eat all kinds of food like insects, fruit, plant roots and the

            remains from animals. (Behavioral adaptation)

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