๐บFalkland Islands wolf
The Falkland Islands wolf, also known as the warrah or the Falkland Islands fox, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. This endemic canid became extinct in 1876.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 21 kg
- Body length
- 0.96 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 5.24 years
This animal is extinct
Assessed Extinct on the IUCN Red List, 2015. Everything on this page โ the measurements, the photos, the videos โ is a record of an animal that is gone.
Everything we know about the Falkland Islands wolf
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass21 kgCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Body length0.96 mCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Maximum lifespan5.24 yearsCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Generation length5.38 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Gestation72 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Litter sizeabout 4estimatedCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails โHide โ
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Volume l21 LaverageDetails โHide โ
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Falkland Islands wolf yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- โบphylumChordata
- โบclassMammalia
- โบorderCarnivora
- โบfamilyCanidae
- โบgenusDusicyon
- โบspeciesDusicyon australis
- classMammals ยท Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans ยท Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusDusicyon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals ยท Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans ยท Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusDusicyon
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