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Lycalopex fulvipes (Darwin's Fox)

Synonyms: Pseudalopex fulvipes; Vulpes fulvipes

Wikipedia Abstract

Darwin's fox or Darwin's Zorro (Lycalopex fulvipes) is a small Endangered canine from the genus Lycalopex. It is also known as the Zorro Chilote or Zorro de Darwin in Spanish and lives on Nahuelbuta National Park (Araucanía Region), the Valdivian Coastal Range (Los Ríos Region) in mainland Chile and Chiloé Island.
View Wikipedia Record: Lycalopex fulvipes

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Lycalopex fulvipes

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.834 lbs (3.10 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  40 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Gestation [3]  56 days
Litter Size [4]  3
Maximum Longevity [4]  7 years
Nocturnal [5]  Yes

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile Yes

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Wildlife As Canon Sees It
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
43.5 Darwin’s fox, Pseudalopex fulvipes, J.E. Jiménez and E. McMahon, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
5Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
6Habitat and Diet of Darwin's Fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) on the Chilean Mainland, Fabian M. Jaksić, Jaime E. Jiménez, Rodrigo G. Medel, Pablo A. Marquet, Journal of Mammalogy, 71(2):246-248, 1990
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