pampas fox, Azara's zorro (Lycalopex gymnocercus) Lycalopex gymnocercus subsp. gymnocercus photographed in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in October 2010.
Date 24 October 2010, 11:45
Source Sorro-do-campo (Lycalopex gymnocercus gymnocercus)
Author Cláudio Dias Timm from Rio Grande do Sul http://www.flickr.com/photos/32674493@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lycalopex_gymnocercus.jpg
The pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as grey pampean fox, aguará chaí, aguarachay, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro is a medium-sized zorro, or "false" fox, native to the South American pampas. The alternative common names are references to Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Lycalopex
Species: Lycalopex gymnocercus (Fischer, 1814)
Synonyms: Pseudalopex gymnocercus (G. Fischer, 1814)
