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Chiloe fox

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Darwin's fox.

    • 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.

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