South American Gray Fox Skull Replica

Description

South American gray fox skull replica measures 4.9 x 2.7 x 2.3 inches. The Lycalopex griseus skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). Made in USA.

The South American gray fox is endemic to the southern parts of Argentina and Chile, primarily Patagonia. Its range also spreads to the Atlantic islands, Peru, and the plains of Uruguay. It lives in dry shrublands, low deserts, and cold coastal forests.

This small fox has a slender body and a large bushy tail. It looks like a small gray fox with patches of reddish-orange fur on its face, ears, and legs. Its thick winter coat is gray and white, and its long tail has a thick black stripe on the top with a black tip.

It eats a mix of plants, meat, and insects. It hunts mice, rabbits, small birds, lizards and frogs. It also eats scorpions, beetles, and bird eggs. When meat is hard to find, it eats a lot of wild berries, fallen fruits, and green grasses.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Family: Canidae
• Subfamily: Caninae
• Genus: Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
• Species: L. griseus
• Binomial name: Lycalopex griseus (Gray, 1837)
• Conservation status: Least concern

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