Pseudalopex is the genus name for South American members of the Canidae family. It literally means 'false fox', from the Greek Pseud- and Greek alopex. The common name for the genus is zorro, from the Spanish word for fox. The most numerous species of this genus is probably Pseudalopex griseus, the grey zorro with large ears and highly marketable, russet-fringed pelt. This genus is closer related to dog-like canids then to the true foxes. The Zorros are hunted in Argentina for their nice, soft pelt. And they are also hunted in Argentina because they are called a lamb killer. This is mostly not true. Zorros rarely kill lambs and if they do its the old and sickly ones they kill that are going to perish anyway.

Species currently included in this genus include:

Culpeo, Pseudalopex culpaeus

Darwin's Fox, Pseudalopex fulvipes

Grey zorro, Pseudalopex griseus

Pampas Fox, Pseudalopex gymnocercus

Sechura Fox, Pseudalopex sechurae

Hoary Fox, Pseudalopex vetulus

The genus Lycalopex is still occasionally used for the Hoary Fox, but the species is more recently and more often included in Pseudalopex.

See also

• Crab-eating Fox
• Short-eared Dog

References

• Pseudalopex at Animal Diversity
  
• Nowak, Ronald M. (2005). Walker's Carnivores of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 0801880327

Canines

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