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English
Chiloe fox on Chiloé
Etymology
After Chiloé, the Chilean island to which the foxes are endemic. The name used by Charles Darwin.
1837, Charles Darwin, Transmutation of Species: Notebook B:
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.
References
The Mammals: A Guide to the Living Species, 1965
Fox, Michael W., 1937- (1972) Behaviour of wolves, dogs, and related canids, →OCLC
