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BY ALEX MCGEE
LEVEL I

NICHE
SECONDARY CONSUMER
PREY ON SMALLER ORGANISMS

WHERE IT FITS IN THE ENERGY PYRAMID

SECONDARY CONSUMER

EFFECTS
FOOD: THEY ARE OMNIVORES AND EAT SEVERAL INSECTS, SMALL RODENTS, ROOTS, LEAVES, BIRDS,
LIZARDS, AND EGGS

WATER: IT DRINKS WATER WHEN AVAILABLE BUT CAN SURVIVE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BECAUSE OF
ITS DIET

EFFECTS (CONT.)
SPACE THEIR DENS CAN BE UP TO 120 SQUARE METERS AND CAN HAVE UP TO 15 DIFFERENT ENTRANCES
IN COMPACTED SOIL

SHELTER: THEIR DENS ARE USUALLY DUG IN SAND, EITHER IN OPEN AREAS OR PLACES SHELTERED BY
PLANTS WITH STABLE SAND DUNES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THEIR IDEAL HABITAT

EXAMPLES OF ITS NICHE

A FENNEC FOX EATS 3 GRASSHOPPERS
A FENNEC FOX EATS A LIZARD
A FENNEC FOX EATS THE LEAVES OF A TREE

HOW ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS AFFECT IT

IT HAS MADE SEVERAL ADAPTIONS TO WITHSTAND THE AFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
THEY HAVE HAIRY FEET SO ITS FEET WILL NOT GET BURNED BY THE SAND
IT CAN GO FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT WATER BECAUSE OF ITS DIET
IT HAS BIG EARS TO RADIATE BODY HEAT TO KEEP IT COOL

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FENNEC AND

COYOTE
COYOTE HABITAT: DESERT
FENNEC HABITAT: DESERT
COYOTE NICHE: TOP PREDATOR
FENNEC NICHE: SECONDARY CONSUMER

PREDICT HOW CHANGING SUPPLIES WILL

AFFECT THE FENNEC
FOOD: IF FOOD SUPPLY RAN OUT THEY WOULD DIE OUT/IF THEIR BECAME MORE FOOD SUPPLY THEY
WOULD REPRODUCE MORE

WATER: IT CAN LAST FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT SO IT WOULDNT REALLY AFFECT IT
SHELTER: IF THEY COULD NOT DIG BURROWS THEY WOULD PROBABLY DIE FROM HEAT
SPACE: THEIR DENS HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN SIZE AND IF IT WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH THEY WOULD PROBABLY
DIE OUT

PREDICT HOW CHANGING ITS HABITAT

WOULD AFFECT THE FENNEC FOX
IT CAN BE A HOUSE PET SO IT COULD ADAPT
FOREST IT WOULD GET TO COLD AND DIE BECAUSE OF ITS EARS