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title: "Graxaim"
description: "Lycalopex gymnocerca — Mamíferos. The Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as the grey pampean fox, Pampas zorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro (in Guaraní also called aguará chaí, anglicized as aguarachay, in Portuguese also called graxaim ([ɡɾaʃaˈĩ]), is a medium-sized zorro, or \"false\" fox, native to the South American Pampas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pampas-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Graxaim

> Lycalopex gymnocerca — Mamíferos. The Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as the grey pampean fox, Pampas zorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro (in Guaraní also called aguará chaí, anglicized as aguarachay, in Portuguese also called graxaim ([ɡɾaʃaˈĩ]), is a medium-sized zorro, or "false" fox, native to the South American Pampas.

- Scientific name: *Lycalopex gymnocerca*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 3057
- Wikidata: [Q832036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [423656](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423656)

## Names

- en: Pampas Fox
- de: Pampasfuchs
- es: Zorro gris de las Pampas
- fr: Renard d'Aszara
- it: Lycalopex gymnocercus
- nl: Azaravos
- pt: Graxaim
- pl: Nibylis pampasowy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2151), UY (319), BR (288), PY (49), BO (10)

## Summary

The Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as the grey pampean fox, Pampas zorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro (in Guaraní also called aguará chaí, anglicized as aguarachay, in Portuguese also called graxaim ([ɡɾaʃaˈĩ]), is a medium-sized zorro, or "false" fox, native to the South American Pampas. Azara in some of its alternative common names is a reference to Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.

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

## Photo

![Graxaim](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pampas-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61600948

## Machine access

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