The Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis), also referred to as Delalande's fox, long-eared fox, big-eared fox, and black-eared fox, is a species of fox found on the African savanna, named for its large ears, which are used for thermoregulation. Fossil records show this canid 1st appeared during the middle Pleistocene, about 800,000 years ago. It is considered a basal canid species, resembling ancestral forms of the family. It has also been called a Sub-Saharan African version of a fennec fox due…