Pampas fox

Pampas fox
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Lycalopex
Species:
L. gymnocercus
Binomial name
Lycalopex gymnocercus
(G. Fischer, 1814)
Subspecies
  • L. g. antiquus (Ameghino, 1889)
  • L. g. domeykoanus (Philippi, 1901)
  • L. g. gracilis (Burmeister, 1861)
  • L. g. gymnocercus (G. Fischer, 1814)
  • L. g. lordi (Massoia, 1982)
  • L. g. maullinicus (Philippi, 1903)
Natural range shown in green

The Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as grey pampean fox, Pampas zorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro (in Guaraní also called aguará chaí, anglicized as aguarachay, in Portuguese also called graxaim ([ɡɾaʃaˈĩ]), is a medium-sized zorro, or "false" fox, native to the South American Pampas. Azara in some of its alternative common names is a reference to Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.

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