Culpeo MC🐺

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SpeciesCarnivoraCanidae
Carnivores

🐺Culpeo

Lycalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782)

שועל קולפאו (שם מדעי: Lycalopex culpaeus, בעבר - Pseudalopex culpaeus), מין בסוג שועל דרום-אמריקני. שועל הקולפאו נפוץ בדרום אמריקה. דמוי שועל זה הוא בן משפחת הכלביים השני בגודלו בדרום אמריקה אחרי זאב הרעמה. מבחינת מראהו, דומה שועל הקולפאו לשועל. לו פרווה אפורה, סנטר לבן, רגליים אדמדמות, ורצועה על גבו שעשויה בקושי להראות. הוא נפוץ מאקוודור ופרו לפטגוניה וארץ האש. תזונתו כוללת מכרסמים, ארנבים, ציפורים, לטאות, פודו ובמידה פחותה גם צמחים ופגרים. לעיתים ניצוד או מורעל שועל הקולפאו כיוון שנטען שהוא הורג כבשים.

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Also called
Andean Fox
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Everything we know about the Culpeo

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Body mass
13 kg
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  • 13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.96 m
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Brain mass
53 g
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Maximum lifespan
13 years
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  • 13 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
4.58 years
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Age at maturity
1.0 years
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Gestation
61 days
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  • 61 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 4
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  • 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
5.05 km²
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Population density
1.01 per km²
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Volume l
13 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyCanidae
  6. ›genusLycalopex
  7. ›speciesLycalopex culpaeus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyCanidae
  4. genusLycalopex
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyCanidae
  14. genusLycalopex
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What it eats
warm-blooded animals70%
insects and other invertebrates10%
reptiles, fish and amphibians10%
fruit10%
In other languages
Andenschakal (de), Lycalopex culpaeus (es), Lycalopex culpaeus (fr), Nibylis andyjski (pl), שועל קולפאו (he), Kolpeo lapsa (lv) … and 25 more languages
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