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Culpeo

The Culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus) is a wild dog from South America, mostly the Western part. Culpeo societ is hierarchical and matriarchal, which means that the females try to stick with their territory and fight for it, while the males leave their natal territory. The dominant females eat first and also have exclusive breeding rights, which happens during the winter. The weight of the Culpeo ranges from 7 to 12 kilograms. Their main diet consists of hares, rabbits and rodents, but also insects, birds and berries. Culpeos are not endangered, but their main threat is habitat destruction as they are habitat specialists. Because they are habitat specialists, their population density is low and are quite rare, even though their range is quite large.

Picture of the Culpeo licensed under GDFL

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five comments:

awwwwwww…this dog is sooo cute!

i wish i could go see these dogs and snuggle up with them!!

they are the cutest looking dogs ever (EXCEPT FOR MY DOG)!!!
sophia - 15 01 07 - 03:12

this dogis pretty cool but my dog is cooler cause its a husky
adam (Email) - 16 01 07 - 20:02

YOADAM UR DOOOOOG IS SOOOOO COOOOOOOL AND IT IS WAY MORE CUTER THEN THE OTHER DOGS AND THE OTHERS BUT ADAM SRE RONG ABOUT THE CULPIO!!!!
RIDVAN DARSOT (Email) - 17 01 07 - 14:55

gosh, love this culpeos! they are the largest foxes (not the red fox). sooo cute!
Culpeo fox - 16 06 07 - 18:48

I am doind a school project on this dog!!!
Anna - 22 01 09 - 17:00

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