🐺Culpeo
The culpeo, also known as Culpeo zorro, Andean zorro, Andean fox, Paramo wolf, Andean wolf, and colpeo fox, is a species of South American fox. Despite the name, it is not a true fox, but more closely related to wolves and jackals. Its appearance resembles that of foxes due to convergent evolution.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 13 kg
- Body length
- 0.96 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 13 years
Everything we know about the Culpeo
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.96 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass53 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan13 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 13 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.58 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation61 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 61 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range5.05 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.01 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l13 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Culpeo yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusLycalopex
- ›speciesLycalopex culpaeus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusLycalopex
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusLycalopex
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