Have you ever seen the Tibetan Fox?

Another photo:

It looks like someone's first attempt at photo shop.

That's what I thought till I found the other photos and videos.

I am not disputing you and I find the animal to be rather extraordinary. Thank you for posting.

Wasn't taken that way. When I first saw that picture I just didn't believe it was a real photo (the head looks too big and I thought it was shopped too), this is a very cartoonish animal and looks surreal.

I am considering acquiring one for my menagerie.

What is it about tibet that produces short-legged, barrel-bodied, big-headed animals? The altitude?

Eh? Have more of these weirdos to share?

I can't surf - computer issues. Tibetan horses are not quite as weird, but share some traits.

Robert, I've seen the fox, a strangely proportioned animal.

littlek, I took a gander at Tibetan horses. Didn't see anything unusual.

shorter limbs prevent rapid cool-down of the body .
saw a nature program recently that showed that animals (and people) living in extremely cold regions - and siberia would certainly qualify - have shorter limbs and more compact bodies .
not many ostriches in the arctic or antarctic .
look at the penguins in the antarctic : plumb and compact .
hbg

these were in patagonia - plenty cold in the south of south-america

the canadian lynx (a cat) also has short limbs to protect it from rapid cooling - and has a nice heavy fur too .
cats usually don't care much for snow , but this one lives in the snow .
hbg

Roberta, yeah, nothing so extreme as the foxes. In general, creatures (including people) who live in colder climates have shorter legs and bropader torsos. The tibetan horses do, as compared to Arabian horses, for example.

Well, yaks are built on similar lines:






Tibetan mastiff is kinda lowslung:










Lhasa Apsos similar:



Snow leopard:




Antelope look standard, but furry:



Tibetan spaniel? (Don't look like no spaniel to me)




Their vultures seem big...but standard vultures:




Their wolves look kinda wolf-like....mebbe a bit less gracile?



Ponies look kinda standard mountain pony to me:




Only a lot scruffier, cos they haven't been carefully bred like, for instance, the Welsh Mountain Pony:

the "muskox" of the north is also built "low-to-the-ground" .
btw they are related to sheep and goats , but not to "oxen" .

The head of that fox looks somewhat wolf-like, doesn't it?

reyn :

try to stay away from the "sharp end" of those musk oxen , will you !
hbg