Hoary Fox
Lycalopex vetula
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 64
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
Description
The hoary fox or hoary zorro (Lycalopex vetulus), also known as raposinha-do-campo in Brazil (Portuguese for "little fox of the meadow"), is a species of zorro or "false" fox endemic to Brazil. Unlike many other foxes, it feeds primarily on small invertebrates such as insects.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hoary fox”.