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    Lycalopex

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    Source-identified Lycalopex culpaeus; documentary image Framed for display
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    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassMammalia
    6. OrderCarnivora
    7. FamilyCanidae
    8. GenusLycalopex
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Deuterostomia clade
    8. Chordata phylum
    9. Craniata subphylum
    10. Vertebrata clade
    11. Gnathostomata clade
    12. Teleostomi clade
    13. Euteleostomi clade
    14. Sarcopterygii superclass
    15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
    16. Tetrapoda clade
    17. Amniota clade
    18. Mammalia class
    19. Theria clade
    20. Eutheria clade
    21. Boreoeutheria clade
    22. Laurasiatheria superorder
    23. Carnivora order
    24. Caniformia suborder
    25. Canidae family
    26. Lycalopex genus

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    2 published profiles in this branch.

    Lycalopex culpaeus · speciesLycalopex fulvipes · speciesLycalopex griseus · speciesLycalopex gymnocercus · speciesLycalopex sechurae · speciesLycalopex vetulus · species

    Living species · MDD v2.5 · 28 July 2026

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    6 living species in 1 genera in this dated checklist; 2 have public profiles here.

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    Lycalopex 6 species

    Checklist attribution: Mammal Diversity Database (2026), version 2.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Only living species are included; subspecies and extinct species are outside this checklist.

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Lycalopex culpaeus; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Lycalopex

    Culpeo

    Lycalopex culpaeus

    The culpeo is a South American canid also called the Andean fox. Its presence in a range of environments reflects flexible habitat …

    Source-identified Lycalopex fulvipes; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Lycalopex

    Darwin’s Fox

    Lycalopex fulvipes

    Darwin’s fox is a forest-associated Chilean canid with a restricted distribution. Its natural history differs from the open-country image commonly associated with …