October 2016 BBC Wildlife 59
A bat-eared fox in Kenya’s Maasai Mara
Reserve watches over her 13-day-old kit,
newly emerged from the den. She will
continue to suckle her litter for 14–15 weeks
but thereafter, in a reversal of the usual roles
among canids, the male assumes most of
the parenting duties, grooming, feeding and
defending his progeny, and transporting
them between den sites.