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Lycalopex culpaeus (Culpeo)

Synonyms: Canis culpaeus; Pseudalopex culpaeus

Wikipedia Abstract

The culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the zorro culpeo or Andean fox (wolf), is a South American species resembling a fox. It is the second largest native canid on the continent, after the maned wolf. In appearance, it bears many similarities to the widely recognized red fox. It has grey and reddish fur, a white chin, reddish legs, and a stripe on its back that may be barely visible. The culpeo was domesticated to form the Fuegian dog, but this became extinct some time between 1880 and 1919.
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Infraspecies

Lycalopex culpaeus andinus (Colpeo fox)
Lycalopex culpaeus culpaeus (Colpeo fox)
Lycalopex culpaeus reissii (Colpeo fox)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
8
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.6
EDGE Score: 1.28
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  28.66 lbs (13.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  168 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  70 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Gestation [1]  61 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  13 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  38 inches (96 cm)
Weaning [1]  61 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Prey / Diet

Hippocamelus bisulcus (Chilean Guemal)[4]
Porlieria chilensis[5]
Schinus molle (false pepper)[5]
Schinus polygama (Hardee peppertree)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ara rubrogenys (Red-fronted Macaw)1
Eulidia yarrellii (Chilean Woodstar)1
Puma concolor (Cougar)1
Tremarctos ornatus (Spectacled Bear)1

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Diet and habitat of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Bernardo O’ Higgins National Park, Chile, Jasper van Winden, MSc-thesis, April 2006, Utrecht University
♦ 5Frugivory and seed dispersal by foxes in relation to mammalian prey abundance in a semiarid thornscrub, SERGIO I. SILVA, FRANCISCO BOZINOVIC AND FABIAN M. JAKSIC, Austral Ecology (2005) 30, 739–746
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 7International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0