What about a fennec fox? It's fiercely family-oriented, it can survive in situations that could kill other animals (such as living without available water), it can be kept in a domestic setting but definitely is NOT domesticated, it's highly intelligent, it's elusive and it's difficult to capture. And while it has a fair number of deadly enemies, the species isn't even close to extinction. Basically, it's a survivor.
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Date: 2012-02-02 06:08 pm (UTC)http://www.desertanimals.net/desertanimals/fennecfox.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_fox