#lycalopex griseus

[fox-thursday]

The Lycalopex genus has 6 extant (living) foxes.

The Darwin's fox was discovered by Charles Darwin, hence the name!!

- Lycalopex genus | South American foxes | more closely related to wolves and jackals

- Lycalopex culpaeus | Culpeo

- Lycalopex fulvipes | Darwin's Fox

- Lycalopex griseus | South American Gray Fox

- Lycalopex gymnocercus | Pampas Fox

- Lycalopex sechurae | Sechuran Fox

- Lycalopex vetulus | Horay Fox

ID: a redish grey brown fox called the Darwins fox looking at the camera with a blurry grass background

[leon-ashr]

Chilla, atau dalam bahasa ilmiahnya Lycalopex griseus, adalah rubah endemik Amerika Selatan yang menarik. Mereka hidup di dataran rendah dan pegunungan Andes, dari utara Chili hingga ke selatan Tierra del Fuego.

Chilla memiliki sebaran yang luas, dari gurun dan semi-gurun di Argentina hingga ke pesisir pantai di Chili. Mereka toleran terhadap berbagai kondisi iklim, dari daerah yang sangat panas dan kering hingga daerah yang lebih lembab dan dingin. Di habitat mereka, Chilla biasanya berburu di area terbuka.

Ancaman yang hingga saat ini chilia hadapi adalah perburuan ilegal dan presepsi sebagai predator ternak oleh penduduk setempat. Meskipun telah dilakukan beberapa upaya perlindungan dan undang-undang pelarangan perburuan di beberapa wilayah, perburuan dan perangkap ilegal masih berlangsung di beberapa daerah.

Pemahaman yang lebih baik tentang biologi Chilla dan upaya konservasi yang lebih luas diperlukan untuk melindungi spesies ini. Diperlukan informasi yang lebih andal tentang dinamika populasi, penyakit dan parasit yang memengaruhi mereka, serta keterlibatan Chilla dalam kematian ternak kecil. Selain itu, perlu juga dilakukan peninjauan ulang tentang batas distribusi spesies ini untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang lebih komprehensif.

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[terranlifeform]

Patagonian fox (Lycalopex griseus) in a Bolivian desert

Miguel Martí

[animalids]

South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus)

Photo by David & Shiela Glatz

[numbparanoid]

No alimentes a los zorros del camino, aunque te miren con salvaje ternura...

[ng-potd]

SOUTH AMERICAN GRAY FOX AT DUSK

A South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus) yawns as dusk falls on Chile's Torres del Paine National Park. In Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin chronicled his first encounter with another member of the same genus, Darwin's fox (Lycalopex fulvipes): "I was able, by quietly walking up behind, to knock him on the head with my geological hammer. This fox, more curious or more scientific, but less wise, than the generality of his brethren, is now mounted in the museum of the Zoological Society."

[blogforfauna]

Lycalopex griseus

Also known as South American gray foxes or gray zorros, chillas are a species of false fox. This means they are called foxes but aren’t actually foxes; they are more closely related to coyotes, wolves, and jackals.

Chillas are found in Argentina and Chile where they live in rocky areas in the Andean Mountains as well as in grasslands and scrub. Chillas are classified as least concern, meaning they’re not in danger of extinction, although they are rare in some places because they are hunted for their fur.

Like most other fox species, chillas are omnivores. While most of their diet consists of small mammals, they also eat carrion, birds, eggs, and fruit. Since chillas mostly eat small mammals and many small mammals are most active at night, chillas are often nocturnal. Some populations of chillas are more active during the day (diurnal) or at dawn and dusk (crepuscular). Usually this is the case when they eat fewer small mammals and more fruit or birds.

Also similar to other fox species, chillas are very solitary animals. They usually only socialize with other foxes during the breeding season and when they have litters of kits. These litters are very small, usually consisting of only 2-4 kits.

I rate the chilla 10/10. It’s like a mini coyote

Photo credits:

(1) Daniele Colombo (2) Antony King Photography (3) Unknown (4) Daniel Sziklai G.

[the-faunal-frontier]

Lycalopex griseus - South American Gray Fox

[lychens]

South American Gray Fox (Lycalopex griseus) 

[fursona-resources]

Species: South American Canids (Speothos, Chrysocyon, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Atelocynus)

This series focuses on helping people choose interesting species for their fursona through informing them of the many, often overlooked, species out there! This post is about South American canids, including false foxes.

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Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)

The bush dog has 3 subspecies:

South American Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus venaticus)

Panamian Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus panamensis)

Southern Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus wingei)

It is oddly hard to find pics of the different subspecies, sorry

Size: 20-30cm (8-12in) height (at shoulder), 57-75cm (22-30in) lenght, 12-15cm (5-6in) tail lenght, 5-8kg (11-18lbs) weight

Diet: carnivorous, preys on large rodents

Habitat: lowland forests, wet savannahs, open pastures

Range:

Status: near threatened

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Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Size: 90cm (35in) height (at shoulder), 100cm (39in) lenght, 45cm (18in) tail lenght, 23kg (51lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, preys on small/medium mammals, birds, fish; eats fruit, tubers, sugarcane, other plants

Habitat: savannahs

Range:

Status: near threatened

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Hoary Fox (Lycalopex vetulus)

Size: 58-72cm (23-28in) lenght, 25-36cm (9-14in) tail lenght, 3-4kg (6-8lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, preys on invertebrates, rodents, birds; eats fruit

Habitat: woodlands, bushlands, savannahs

Range:

Status: near threatened

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Sechuran Fox (Lycalopex sechurae)

Size: 50-78cm (20-31in) lenght, 27-34cm (11-13in) tail lenght, 2.6-4.2kg (5.7-9.3lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, varied. Preys on invertebrates, rodents; eats carrion, fruit, seed pods

Habitat: deserts, dry forests, beaches

Range:

Status: near threatened

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Darwin's Fox (Lycalopex fulvipes)

Size: 48-59cm (19-23in) lenght, 17-25cm (7-10in) tail lenght, 1.8-3.9kg (4-8.7lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, preys on invertebrates, small mammals, reptiles; eats fruit

Habitat: southern temperate rainforests

Range:

Status: endangered

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Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus)

Size: 51-80cm (20-31in) lenght, 2.4-8kg (5.3-17.6lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, preys on birds, small mammals, invertebrates; eats carrion, fruit

Habitat: montane forests, dry scrublands, wetlands

Range:

Status: least concern

Please note! The pampas fox has 3 subspecies!

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South American Grey Fox (Lycalopex griseus)

Size: 65-110cm (26-43in) lenght including 20-43cm (8-17in) tail lenght, 2.5-5.4kg (5.5-12lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, preys on small mammals, birds, reptiles, invertebrates; eats carrion, fruit

Habitat: varied; scrublands, steppes, forests

Range:

Status: least concern

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Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus)

Size: 95-132cm (37-52in) lenght including 32-44cm (13-17in) tail lenght, 5-13.5kg (11-30lbs) weight

Diet: carnivorous, preys on lagomorphs, small mammals

Habitat: varied; temperate rainforests, forests, scrublands, deserts

Range:

Status: least concern

Please note! The culpeo has 5 subspecies!

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Crab-Eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)

Size: 64cm (25in) lenght, 28cm (11in) tail lenght, 4.5-7.7kg (10-17lbs) weight

Diet: omnivorous, preys on crabs, small mammals, birds, crustaceans, invertebrates, reptiles; eats carrion, fruit

Habitat: savannahs, woodlands, subtropical forests, shrublands

Range:

Status: least concern

Please note! The crab-eating fox has 5 subspecies!

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Short-Eared Dog (Atelocynus microtis)

Size: 72-100cm (28-39in) lenght, 9-10kg (19-22lbs) weight

Diet: mostly carnivorous, preys on fish, invertebrates, small mammals, birds; eats fruit

Habitat: rainforests, lowland forests, swamp forests, cloud forests

Range:

Status: near threatened

Please note! The short-eared dog has 2 subspecies!

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[biologyluv]

Lycalopex griseus

Also known as South American gray foxes or gray zorros, chillas are a species of false fox. This means they are called foxes but aren’t actually foxes; they are more closely related to coyotes, wolves, and jackals.

Chillas are found in Argentina and Chile where they live in rocky areas in the Andean Mountains as well as in grasslands and scrub. Chillas are classified as least concern, meaning they’re not in danger of extinction, although they are rare in some places because they are hunted for their fur.

Like most other fox species, chillas are omnivores. While most of their diet consists of small mammals, they also eat carrion, birds, eggs, and fruit. Since chillas mostly eat small mammals and many small mammals are most active at night, chillas are often nocturnal. Some populations of chillas are more active during the day (diurnal) or at dawn and dusk (crepuscular). Usually this is the case when they eat fewer small mammals and more fruit or birds.

Also similar to other fox species, chillas are very solitary animals. They usually only socialize with other foxes during the breeding season and when they have litters of kits. These litters are very small, usually consisting of only 2-4 kits.

I rate the chilla 10/10. It’s like a mini coyote

Photo Credits:

(1) Daniele Colombo (2) Antony King Photography (3) Unknown (4) Daniel Sziklai G.

[uhuh100]

I mean I might be fun, but other than that...

what if I was a possum-,, and uh,,, you were also a possum- and-,,,,,,

we were in love

[flawedfoxen]

Lycalopex griseus

This fox is absolutely gorgeous. I’m sorry but this one is a keeper!

[animalids]

South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus)

Photo by Jon Atkinson

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Every Species of Puppy

Yes, this is is going to be a long post, and I have tagged it as such. If you don’t want to scroll a lot, you can filter the “long post” tag. I think putting a “read more” on pictures is a little silly. You don’t have to concentrate on paragraphs; it’s just puppies. If tumblr allowed “read more” to open on the dashboard rather than a new tab, I might do it, but until then, please make use of filters. For everyone else, puppies!

Well, there is only one subfamily still alive in the dog family (Canidae): Caninae, and so all extant dogs are canines. Tribes, it is.

Urocyon isn’t in a tribe, just its own lone genus (one species isn’t on here, which is the Cozumel fox, as it may have gone extinct twenty years ago, but we won’t know until an official survey is carried out, and in any case I can’t find any photos of the adults let alone the puppies):

Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus):

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis):

Fox-like puppy tribe (Vulpini), which, no, Urocyon is not part of. Isn’t convergent evolution great?:

Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides):

Bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis):

Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis):

Blanford’s fox (Vulpes cana), couldn’t find any pictures, so I took a screenshot from a video:

Cape fox (Vulpes chama):

Corsac fox (Vulpes corsac):

Tibetan sand fox (Vulpes ferrilata):

Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus):

Kit fox (Vulpes macrotis):

Swift fox (Vulpes velox):

Pale fox (Vulpes pallida), can’t find much in the way of puppy photos, but here are a couple with their moms:

Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii), hard to find pictures of babies, there are some photos of captive bred pups with floppy ears and whatnot, but I’m not endorsing that:

Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda):

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes):

The dog-like puppy tribe (Canini):

Short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), elusive as fuck, and this may or may not even be one of their pups:

Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), yep, lots of fox-like animals even here. What can I say? Nature liked the fox shape for Canidae:

Hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus):

Sechuran fox (Lycalopex sechurae):

Darwin’s fox (Lycalopex fulvipes):

Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), I had to screenshot a video for this one, too:

Chilla (Lycalopex griseus):

Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus):

Bush dog (Speothos venaticus):

Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus):

African wild dog (Lycaon pictus):

Dhole (Cuon alpinus):

Side-striped jackal pup (Canis adustus):

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas):

Golden jackal (Canis aureus):

Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis):

African golden wolf (Canis lupaster):

Coyote (Canis latrans):

Red wolf (Canis rufus):

Indian wolf (Canis pallipes):

Gray wolf (Canis lupus), the ancestor of our much beloved domestic dog!:

I tend to avoid subspecies unless they’ve been proposed as separate species (like the red wolf and Indian wolf above) since that would make these posts stupidly long even for me, but I feel human’s best friend deserves special mention (Canis lupus familiaris), and its wild descendants the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) and New Guinea singing dog (Canis lupus halloumi), too:

As always, with the exception of our best friend, these adorable puppies are best left to the wild, especially keeping in mind that some of these animals are critically endangered, and the exotic pet is in part to blame.

[ele-cho]

Zorro Chilla, lycalopex griseus

Beautiful fox I found last summer in Los Molles, Chile.

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