Pseudalopex fulvipes

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Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: Darwin's Fox is generally believed to be a forest obligate species found only in southern temperate rainforests (Jaksic et al. 1990; Medel et al. 1990). Recent research on Chiloé, based on trapping and telemetry data on a disturbance gradient , indicates that, in decreasing order , foxes use old-growth forest followed by secondary forest followed by pastures and openings (Jiménez 2000). Although variable among individuals, about 70% of their home ranges comprised old-growth forest. However, compared with the amount available, foxes preferred secondary forest and avoided old growth. Selection of openings varied among individuals. The forest is of Valdivian type , comprising a few native conifers and several species of broad-leaved evergreen species, and dominated by fruit-bearing trees of the Mirtaceae family . This forest is dense, with different strata and very moist all year round (Jiménez et al. 1990).
On the Pacific coast of Chiloé, Darwin's Fox lives in a fragmented environment of coastal sand dunes mixed with dense evergreen forest. On the northern part of the island, Darwin's Fox uses a relatively flat, but fragmented landscape of broad-leaf forest and dairy cow pastures. Research on the mainland population supports the notion of the species using primarily dense forest (Jaksic et al. 1990; Jiménez et al. 1990). Capture and telemetry data indicate that animals are found in dense Araucaria-Nothofagus forest, open Nothofagus forest and open pasture with decreasing frequency (McMahon et al. 1999). The forest comprises mainly monkey-puzzle trees (Araucaria araucania) and five species of southern beech (Nothofagus spp. ), one of which is non-deciduous.[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lycalopex fulvipes

Notes

Included in the genus Lycalopex by Wozencraft (2005), but here retained in Pseudalopex.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pseudalopex

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. culpaeus (South American Foxes) · P. fulvipes (Darwin's Fox) · P. griseus (South American Grey Fox) · P. gymnocercus (Azara's Zorro) · P. sechurae (Peruvian Desert Fox) · P. vetulus (Small-Toothed Dog)

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Further Reading

• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 208.
• Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 63.
• The mammals of Chile, by Wifred H. Osgood. 30 1943 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1943 url p. 71.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jiménez, J.E., Lucherini, M. & Novaro, A.J. 2008. Pseudalopex fulvipes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5465839
• IUCN ID: 236793
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026286

Footnotes

1. Jiménez, J.E., Lucherini, M. & Novaro, A.J. 2008. Pseudalopex fulvipes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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