Culpeo
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Lycalopex |
| Species: | L. culpaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lycalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782)
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| Culpeo range | |
The culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), is a type of South American fox. It is the second-largest native canid in South America. It has grey and reddish fur, a white chin, reddish legs and a stripe on its back.[2]
The culpeo eats rodents, rabbits, birds and lizards. It also eats a little bit of plants and carrion. The culpeo attack sheep sometimes and is therefore hunted or poisoned. In some places, the culpeo is rare, but overall the species is not threatened with extinction.[3]
Culpeo Media
A culpeo in the Antofagasta Region
A culpeo feasting on the carcass of a vicuña at El Tatio, San Pedro de Atacama, the Antofagasta Region
Lycalopex culpaeus andinus (Thomas, 1914)
Lycalopex culpaeus culpaeus (Molina, 1782)
Lycalopex culpaeus lycoides (Philippi, 1896)
Lycalopex culpaeus magellanicus (Gray, 1837)
Lycalopex culpaeus reissii (Hilzheimer, 1906)
References
- ↑ Jiménez, J. E.. 'Pseudalopex culpaeus'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008 (2008)IUCN. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ↑ Jiménez, J. E.; Lucherini, M. & Novaro, A. J.. Pseudalopex culpaeus (2008).
- ↑ Macdonald, David Whyte; Claudio Sillero-Zubiri. The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids (2004). ISBN 978-0-19-851555-5.