What is "cape fox"

The Cape fox (Vulpes chama), also called the cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small fox.

It has black or silver gray fur with flanks and underside in light yellow. The tip of its tail is always black.

The Cape fox tends to be long, not including a tail. It is tall at the shoulder, and usually weighs from .

Cape Fox may refer to:

• the Cape fox, a species of fox in South Africa
• Cape Fox (Alaska), a cape in the Alaska Panhandle near Prince Rupert, British Columbia
• Cape Fox (Ketchikan), a cape in the Ketchikan Gateway area of the Alaska Panhandle
  • Cape Fox Village, a historical village of the Tlingit near Cape Fox, Ketchikan Gateway
  • Cape Fox people, aka the Cape Fox tribe, a name for the Sanyaa Kwáan or Southward Tribe of the Tlingit
• Fox Cape, a cape in the Eastern Aleutians
• Cape Lises, in the Western Aleutians, from the Russian lisa for "fox", is also known as Fox Cape

Both the Canadian Coast Guard and the United States Coast Guard operated vessels named Cape Fox:

• CCGS Cape Fox, a search and rescue lifeboat
• USCGC Cape Fox (WPB-95316) was a Point class cutter -- see List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters