The culpeo, Lycalopex culpaeus, also called the Andean fox or Andean zorro, is a South American fox that is more closely related to wolves and jackals than to true foxes. It is the second-largest native canid on its continent after the maned wolf, between a red fox and a coyote in size, with grey and reddish fur, a white chin and a black-tipped bushy tail. Males average about 11 kilograms. Its range runs from Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego north to Ecuador and Peru, mostly on the western slopes of the Andes, in habitats from temperate rainforest to desert and high plateau. It preys mainly on rodents and rabbits, sometimes attacks livestock, and is hunted for it in rural Chile and Argentina. The Selkʼnam of Tierra del Fuego once domesticated it as the Fuegian dog.
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System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
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Source Culpeo (Wikipedia)Range, ArgentinaQuote, Range, Argentina
It is also found in the Sierras Grandes mountain range in Córdoba, Argentina.
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Source Culpeo (Wikipedia)Lead, hunted in ChileQuote, Lead, hunted in Chile
The culpeo sometimes attacks farm animals, among them sheep, goats and poultry; for this, it is hunted in rural Chile and Argentina.
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Source Culpeo (Wikipedia)Range, ColombiaQuote, Range, Colombia
The culpeo's range extends from the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the south to Ecuador and Peru in the north, with some populations extending into southern Colombia.
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Source Culpeo (Wikipedia)Range, EcuadorQuote, Range, Ecuador
The culpeo's range extends from the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the south to Ecuador and Peru in the north, with some populations extending into southern Colombia.
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Source Culpeo (Wikipedia)Range, PeruQuote, Range, Peru
The culpeo's range extends from the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the south to Ecuador and Peru in the north, with some populations extending into southern Colombia.
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Lead, diet
The culpeo's diet consists largely of rodents, rabbits, birds and lizards, and to a lesser extent, plant material and carrion.
Lead, living species
The culpeo sometimes attacks farm animals, among them sheep, goats and poultry; for this, it is hunted in rural Chile and Argentina.
Habitat
The culpeo lives in a wide variety of habitats of western South America.
Lead, livestock attacks
The culpeo sometimes attacks farm animals, among them sheep, goats and poultry; for this, it is hunted in rural Chile and Argentina.
Lead, hunting
The culpeo sometimes attacks farm animals, among them sheep, goats and poultry; for this, it is hunted in rural Chile and Argentina.
Range, Ecuador
The culpeo's range extends from the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the south to Ecuador and Peru in the north, with some populations extending into southern Colombia.
Range, Peru
The culpeo's range extends from the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the south to Ecuador and Peru in the north, with some populations extending into southern Colombia.
Range, Colombia
The culpeo's range extends from the southern regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the south to Ecuador and Peru in the north, with some populations extending into southern Colombia.
Range, Argentina
It is also found in the Sierras Grandes mountain range in Córdoba, Argentina.
Lead, hunted in Chile
The culpeo sometimes attacks farm animals, among them sheep, goats and poultry; for this, it is hunted in rural Chile and Argentina.
Child Taxon Of: Lycalopex, Lead, genus
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.
In Group: Dogs And Wild Canids, Lead, canid
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.
In Biome: Desert, Habitat, deserts
They are found in broadleaf Nothofagus temperate rainforest, sclerophyllous matorral, deserts, chaparrals, and plateaus, like the Altiplano, up to the tree line (4,800 metres (15,700 ft)).
In Biome: Chaparral, Habitat, chaparrals
They are found in broadleaf Nothofagus temperate rainforest, sclerophyllous matorral, deserts, chaparrals, and plateaus, like the Altiplano, up to the tree line (4,800 metres (15,700 ft)).
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lycalopex culpaeus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
Appendix II
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List
Least Concern
View the Source 3. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt row Lycalopex culpaeus, BodyMass-Value (grams)
Lycalopex culpaeus Canidae 10 70 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 8616.24
MamFuncDat.txt row Lycalopex culpaeus, Activity-Nocturnal
Lycalopex culpaeus Canidae 10 70 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 8616.24
View the Source 4. AnAge, Human Ageing Genomic Resources: AnAge entry for Lycalopex culpaeus
AnAge, Human Ageing Genomic ResourcesLifespan, ageing, and relevant traits: Maximum longevityQuote, Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits: Maximum longevity
13.1 years (captivity)
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