Darwin’s fox [endangered]

Scientific name: Lycalopex fulvipes
Spanish: Zorro chilote

Endemic to Chile’s temperate forests (mainland fragments and Chiloé Island). Small population size and restricted distribution make it highly sensitive to habitat loss, fragmentation, and disease/attacks from domestic dogs.

1.8–3.95 kg · 48–59 cm body length

NUMBER OF MATURE INDIVIDUALS

659

HABITAT & ECOLOGY

Valdivian temperate rainforest and associated forest mosaics; occurs in protected areas and remaining forest fragments on the mainland and on Chiloé Island.