Smitten with fennec foxes? Find out all about these adorable canines, including whether they make a good pet or not.

More on baby animals:Living Desert zoo releases video of jaguar cubs This follows another litter of three fennec foxes born to one of the zoo's three breeding pairs in May 2013. This spring has ...

The fennec fox is the smallest of the foxes. Their head and body are 9.5 to 16 inches long and their tail is 7 to 12 inches long. They stand at 8 inches in height at the shoulders. Their weight ...

An adult fennec fox peeks from behind a sand dune in the Tunisian Sahara desert. Fennecs have both the smallest size and the largest ears among the world’s canids. Grand Erg Oriental, Tunisia ...

The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto. Lire en français. Past cross-breeding between desert-dwelling foxes in North Africa, could have helped them adapt to climate change ...