#0397 · 🦊 mammals

Chilla

🇳🇱 Patagonische Vos ·Lycalopex grisea

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Daniele Colombo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Eduardo Fernández Reza · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © c michael hogan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Leonardo Adrián LEIVA · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Claudia Komesu · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © lalo_pangue · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Guillermo Debandi · CC BY 4.0
9. © c michael hogan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © Luciano Massa · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The South American gray fox ( Lycalopex griseus ), also known as the Patagonian fox , the chilla or the gray zorro , is a species of Lycalopex , the "false" foxes. It is endemic to the southern part of South America....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,141iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,141 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1837 (189 years ago).