There has been some question about the ID of a fox I photographed near
Punta Arenas, Chile. Is it a Culpeo or a Patagonian Gray Fox. Photo at…
http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/Antarctica/SAGrayFoxDSCN8112.htm
Additional photos attached. Thank in advance.
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Hi Joseph,
P. culpaeus doesn’t have black chin, so it’s got to be P, griseus.
Vladimir
Looks to like Chilla (P. griseus) to me as well. Most foxes you see in grasslands around Punta Arenas in Chile will usually be Chilla, not Culpeo, from my experience traveling in the area.
Thank you very much. P. griseus it is.