Nota sobre las subespecies del culpeo (Dusicyon culpaeus) en Magallanes
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Instituto de la Patagonia
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Material consisting mainly of skulls, of the Culpeo (Dusicyon cul
paeus), collected in Magallanes, was analyzed. This material indicates that
three distinct subspecies of D. culpaeus exist in Magallanes ; the two races
suggested in earlier works, magellanicus and lycoides, as weil as third
subspecies, apparently culpaeus.
The Tierra del Fuego subspecies, lycoides, is distinguishable from the
continental subspecies, magellanicus, by larger cranial measurements but
with a proportionately narrower postorbital constriction. Other than sma-
11er size, the culpaeus skull is characterized by a cranial cavity, propor
tionately wider than in the other forms.
Also, the reddish colour of the hair of culpaeus appears to be more
intense than in magellanicus. The culpaeus subspecies is probably con
fined to the área of the canal evergreen forest of western Magallanes.
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Fauna, Mamíferos, Culpeo (Dusicyon culpaeus)
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Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, Vol. 1, nº 1, 1970. pp. 60-65