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title: "Sechuran Fox"
description: "Lycalopex sechurae — Mammals. The Sechuran fox (Lycalopex sechurae), also called the Peruvian desert fox or the Sechuran zorro, is a small South American species of canid closely related to other South American \"false\" foxes or zorro."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/sechuran-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Sechuran Fox

> Lycalopex sechurae — Mammals. The Sechuran fox (Lycalopex sechurae), also called the Peruvian desert fox or the Sechuran zorro, is a small South American species of canid closely related to other South American "false" foxes or zorro.

- Scientific name: *Lycalopex sechurae*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna), `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 344
- Wikidata: [Q842467](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842467)
- iNaturalist taxon: [325470](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325470)

## Names

- en: Sechuran Fox
- de: Sechurafuchs
- es: Añangu
- fr: Renard du désert austral
- it: Pseudalopex sechurae
- pt: Pseudalopex sechurae
- pl: Nibylis drobnozębny

## Countries with the most observations

PE (191), EC (90)

## Summary

The Sechuran fox (Lycalopex sechurae), also called the Peruvian desert fox or the Sechuran zorro, is a small South American species of canid closely related to other South American "false" foxes or zorro. It gets its name for being found in the Sechura Desert in northwestern Peru.
It is one of ten extant species of canid endemic to South America. This fox inhabits a narrow region west of the Andes Mountains running along the coastline of Peru and southern Ecuador. More specifically, in dry areas such as savannah-like deserts, cliff-sides, along the western side of the Andes mountains, and beaches. The Sechuran Fox…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechuran_fox

## Photo

![Sechuran Fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sechuran-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327345487

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sechuran-fox?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).