Cultural Depictions
The fennec fox is the national animal of Algeria. It also serves as the nickname for the Algeria national football team: "Les Fennecs". Fennec is the code name for Mozilla's Firefox for mobile project.
A fennec fox named Finnick was depicted in Disney's Zootopia as a cute animal that turns out to be a smooth operator who is a partner-in-crime to Nick Wilde, the film's secondary protagonist. As a result of the popularity of the movie, the LA Times reported that Chinese children are begging their parents to procure the animals as pets.
A fennec fox named Finnick was depicted in Disney's Zootopia as a cute animal that turns out to be a smooth operator who is a partner-in-crime to Nick Wilde, the film's secondary protagonist. As a result of the popularity of the movie, the LA Times reported that Chinese children are begging their parents to procure the animals as pets.