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And in fact, the researchers may have a candidate: a species from Patagonia called Dusicyon avus, which went extinct 6,000 to 8,000 years ago.
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Other species present include the mara Dolichotis patagonum, Argentine grey fox Dusicyon griseus, culpeo fox D. culpaeus and Geoffroy's cat Felis geoffroyi.
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In 1833 he arrived at the Falkland Islands, where he met and ‘collected’ specimens of the now extinct Falkland Island fox or Warrah Dusicyon australis (image at left by John Keulemans), and in September 1835 The Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.
Why I hate Darwin’s beard Darren Naish 2007
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In 1833 he arrived at the Falkland Islands, where he met and ‘collected’ specimens of the now extinct Falkland Island fox or Warrah Dusicyon australis (image at left by John Keulemans), and in September 1835 The Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.
Archive 2007-01-01 Darren Naish 2007
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There was a native land mammal: the Warrah or Antarctic wolf Dusicyon australis, sadly hunted to extinction by 1876.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Pampas Fox (Dusicyon gymnocercus), Campus de Tuyei, Argentina.
Humid Pampas 2007
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The puma (Puma concolor), a fox (Dusicyon culpaeus) and two camelids, vicugna (Vicugna vicugna) and guanaco (Lama guanicoe), are the largest native animals in the area and are relatively numerous in some parts of the ecoregion.
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_Dusicyon silvestris_ of H. Smith, now much used by the Arecunas for the purpose of hunting.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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Dusicyon australis or Yamainu or Japanese wolf C. lupus hodophilax
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The puma (Puma concolor), two foxes (Dusicyon griseus and D. culpaeus), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus), pudu pudú (Pudu pudu), and huillín (Lutra provocax) are the largest native animals in the area and are relatively abundant in some parts of the ecoregion.
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