Natural history notes on Pampas Fox Lycalopex gymnocercus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in the Paraguayan Chaco

Abstract

We provide some natural history notes on the Pampas Fox Lycalopex gymnocercus from the Paraguayan Chaco. Information is presented on diet, distribution (with the first formal documentation of the species in the Oriental region), local beliefs, mortality, and possible play behavior. Photographic documentation of the existence of sarcoptic mange in wild foxes in the Paraguayan Chaco is also provided.