The Cock, the Dog and the Fox The Cock, the Dog and the Fox The Cock, the Dog and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and appears as number 252 in the Perry Index. Although it has similarities with other fables where a predator flatters a bird, such as The Fox and the Crow and Chanticleer and the Fox, in this one the cock is the victor rather than victim. There are also Eastern variants of this story. In the Greek story, a cock and a dog go on a journey together. At night, the cock roosts in a tree while the dog curls up at
Guianan cock-of-the-rock as the type species of its genus. The Andean cock-of-the-rock ("Rupicola peruvianus") is similar in body shape and colouration. The generic and specific names are derived from the Latin words "rupes" "rock" or "cliff", and "cola" "inhabiting", which express its habit of nesting on rock walls. As suggested by its name, the Guianan cock-of-the-rock is found in the Guianan Shield, occurring in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia and northern Amazonian Brazil. Its preferred habitats are humid forests near rocky outcrops. They are normally found at an altitude of . The Guianan cock-of-the-rock has distinctive territorial markings. Males