Culpeo
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- Work cat.: Acosta Jamett, G.A. Efecto de la fragmentación del bosque nativo en la conservación de Oncifelis guigna y Pseudalopex culpaeus en Chile central, 2001.
- ITIS, Apr. 24, 2007(Pseudalopex culpaeus -- culpeo)
- NCBI taxonomy browser, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2007(Lycalopex culpaeus. Common name: Culpeo. Synonyms: culpeo fox, Pseudalopex culpaeus)
- Mammal species of the world, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2007(Pseudalopex culpaeus. Common name: Culpeo. Original name: Canis Culpaeus)
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2007(Pseudalopex culpaeus. English common names: Andean fox, Culpeo)
- Wikipedia, Apr. 24, 2007(The Culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the Patagonian fox, is a South American species of wild dog. It is the second largest native canid on the continent after the Maned Wolf)
Wikipedia description:
The culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), also known as Culpeo zorro, Andean zorro, Andean fox, Paramo wolf, Andean wolf, and colpeo fox, is a species of South American fox. Despite the name, it is not a true fox, but more closely related to wolves and jackals. Its appearance resembles that of foxes due to convergent evolution. The culpeo's diet consists largely of rodents, rabbits, birds and lizards, and to a lesser extent, plant material and carrion. They may prey on Andean flamingos and baby vicuña. The culpeo sometimes attacks farm animals, among them sheep, goats and poultry; for this, it is hunted in rural Chile and Argentina. In some regions, it has become rare, but overall the species is not threatened with extinction. The culpeo was domesticated by the Selkʼnam people of Tierra del Fuego, producing the Fuegian dog which became extinct in the late 19th or early 20th century.
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