Culpeo
Lycalopex culpaeus
CommonPhoto: Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mammalcarnivore
The culpeo is a sleek, fox-like hunter found in the Andes and other parts of South America. Though it looks like a fox, it's actually more closely related to wolves and jackals. Its fox-like appearance comes from evolving similar traits for survival.
- Called 'Andean fox' but not a true fox.
- Lives in high-altitude grasslands and mountains.
- Shares traits with wolves through common ancestry.
MountainGrasslandSouth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Lycalopex culpaeus
- Habitat
- Mountain, Grassland
- Regions in this directory
- South America
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
