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Chilla Fox Skull Replica measures 4.9 inches. Chilla Fox Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Known as South American Gray Fox
The Chilla Fox, commonly called Raposa in Portuguese, or Zorro in Spanish, are a genus of the family Canidae from South America.
Despite their name, they are not true foxes, but are a unique canid genus related to wolves and jackals, which somewhat resemble foxes due to convergent evolution.
The Chilla Fox is the most common species, and is known for its large ears and a highly marketable, russet-fringed pelt.
Their head is reddish-brown flecked with white. The ears are large and there is a distinct black spot on the chin. The pelage is brindled, with agouti guard hairs and a short, dense pale undercoat. The underparts are pal grey. The limbs are tawny and the thighs are corssed by a dark bar. The long, bushy tail of these animals has a dark dorsal stripe and dark tip with a paler, mottled underside.
The Chilla Fox is found in the Southern Cone of South America, particularly in Argentina and Chile.
In Argentina, the South-American Gray Fox or Chilla Fox inhabits the western semiarid region of the country, from the Andean spurs to meridian South from the Río Grande, the distribution of the fox widens reaching the Atlantic coast.
The South-American Gray Fox or Chilla Fox was introduced to the Falkland Islands in the late 1920s early 1930s and is still present in quite large numbers on Beaver and Weddell Islands plus several smaller islands.
The diet varies in different parts of its range and at different times of year. It consists mainly of mammals, birds, arthropods, bird eggs, reptiles, fruit and carrion.
The main prey items seem to be small mammals, especially rodents. Fruits eaten include Cryptocarya alba, Lithraea caustica and Prosopanche.
The Chilla Fox breeds in early austral autumn, around March. After a gestation period of two months, two to four kits are born in a den.
The South American Gray Fox is a largely solitary animal that has long been hunted for its pelt. The foxes sometimes go near human habitations in search of food, such as chickens and sheep, but tend to avoid areas visited by dogs.
Chilla Fox are useful in their role as scavengers of carrion and as dispersers of the seeds of the fruit they eat.
