Lycalopex culpaeus (carnivore)
Variant names: Dusicyon culpaeus, Pseudalopex culpaeus

Mass: 8.0 kg based on Zapata et al. 2008

Diet: invertivore-carnivore based on Guzmân-Sandoval et al. 2007

Abundance: 0.02 to 90.01% (median 6.06%)

Latitudinal range: -46.3° to 0.1°

Habitats: (7), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 9 samples

Argentina: LanĂ­n National Park

Chile: Las Guancas (Capa 10) (Late Pleistocene), Las Guancas (Capa 11) (Late Pleistocene), Las Guancas (Capa 12) (Late Pleistocene), Taguatagua 1 (Late Pleistocene), GNL Quintero 1 (Late Pleistocene)

Ecuador: La Chimba (Holocene)

Peru: Querocoto (dry season), Cerro Baùl (Holocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass7460 kgN = 4Zapata et al. 2008
♂ body mass8360 kgN = 7Zapata et al. 2008
♀ ear length95.6 mmN = 4Zapata et al. 2008
♂ ear length90.6 mmN = 6Zapata et al. 2008
♀ head and body length780.0 mmN = 4Zapata et al. 2008
♂ head and body length801.8 mmN = 8Zapata et al. 2008
♀ hind foot length164.6 mmN = 4Zapata et al. 2008
♂ hind foot length168.6 mmN = 6Zapata et al. 2008
♀ tail length432.3 mmN = 4Zapata et al. 2008
♂ tail length445.3 mmN = 8Zapata et al. 2008

See also Lycalopex, Lycalopex griseus, Lycalopex gymnocercus, Lycalopex sechurae, Lycalopex sp., Lycalopex vetulus