Lycalopexとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Lycalopex is the genus name for some South American members of the Canidae family. The name Lycalopex is from the Greek words lycos meaning wolf and alopex meaning fox. The common name for the genus is zorro, from Spanish, and raposa, from Portuguese, both words standing for fox. The most numerous species of this genus is probably Lycalopex griseus, the South American Gray Fox, with large ears and a highly marketable, russet-fringed pelt. This genus is more closely related to the dog-like canids than to the true foxes. The zorros are hunted in Argentina for their durable, soft pelt. In Argentina they have the name of 'lamb-killer'. In reality, zorros rarely kill lambs, although, if hunger strikes, they will prey on weak or sick lambs.