Chiloe fox

English
Chiloe fox on Chiloé

Etymology

After Chiloé, the Chilean island to which the foxes are endemic. The name used by Charles Darwin.

Noun

Chiloe fox (plural Chiloe foxes)

  1. Synonym of Darwin's fox
    • 1837, Charles Darwin, Transmutation of Species: Notebook B‎:
      According to this view animals on separate islands ought to become different if kept long enough apart with slightly differing circumstances. Now [e.g.,] Galapagos Tortoises, Mocking birds, Falkland Fox, Chiloe fox, English and Irish Hare.

References
  • The Mammals: A Guide to the Living Species‎, 1965
  • Fox, Michael W., 1937- (1972) Behaviour of wolves, dogs, and related canids‎, →OCLC
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