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FALKLAND ISLANDS WOLFFALKLAND ISLANDS WOLF
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DUSICYON AUSTRALISDUSICYON AUSTRALISKingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Canidae
Genus Dusicyon
Species Dusicyon australis
Authority (Kerr, 1792)
This mammal have different names in english: Falkland Islands Wolf, Falklands Wolf, Falkland Dog, Warrah, Antartic Wolf, Falkland Fox.
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DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION
• The Falkland Islands Wolf is larger than others of the South American canids. It was about 60 cm high at the shoulders, and it had a brownish-grey fur with black ears and a color more light under the body. This species has also a white spot on the end of the tail. This is a sign of domestication.
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HABITATHABITAT
• This species lived on the barren Falkland Islands, nearly 500 km from the South American mainland. It was the only land mammal of these islands.
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FOOD AND REPRODUCTIONFOOD AND REPRODUCTION
• This species survived on a diet of seabirds, seal pups, and probably even on vegetation. It was the only predatory mammal on the Falklands Islands.
• Nothing is known about the Falkland Islands Wolf’s reproductive or social behaviour.
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CAUSES OF EXTINCTIONCAUSES OF EXTINCTION
• U.S. fur traders hunted the species, and sheep raising Scottish settlers poisoned the Falkland Islands Wolf as a pest species.
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