Editing Bat-eared fox (section)

==Etymology==
The bat-eared fox's [[Generic name (biology)|generic name]] ''Otocyon'' is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''otus'' ({{Lang|el|οὖς}}) for ear and ''cyon'' ({{Lang|el|κύων}}) for [[dog]], while the [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''megalotis'' comes from the Greek words ''megas'' ({{Lang|el|μέγας}}) for large and ''otus'' ({{Lang|el|οὖς}}) for ear.<ref name="Clark2005">{{Cite journal  |last1 = Clark  |first1 = H. O. |title = ''Otocyon megalotis''  |journal = Mammalian Species  |pages = 1–5 |year = 2005  |issue = 766 |doi = 10.1644/1545-1410(2005)766[0001:OM]2.0.CO;2  |jstor = 3504550|s2cid = 198969264 }}</ref> The [[common name]] for the bat-eared fox is likely taken from the [[Egyptian slit-faced bat]] (''Nycteris thebaica''), due to the bat's similarly large ears and abundance in the bat-eared fox's geographic range.<ref name="Skinner&Chimimba" /> Other vernacular (common) names for the bat-eared fox include big-eared fox, black-eared fox, long-eared fox,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=W.T. |title=The Flesh-eaters: A Guide to the Carnivorous Animals of Southern Africa |date=1972 |publisher=Purnell |isbn=978-0-360-00166-4}}</ref> Delalande's fox, cape fox,{{efn|Note that cape fox is the common name for a true fox from South Africa, ''[[Vulpes chama]]''.{{refn|name=msw3}}}} and motlosi.<ref name="Clark2005" /><!-- I couldn't find an explanation or etymology for "motlosi" - Mammalian Species article gives information only on the Greek origin. -->