2. DUSICYON AUSTRALISDUSICYON AUSTRALIS
Kingdom 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
