A canid found from northern South America to northern Argentina, it eats foods ranging from fruit to small animals.
It resembles a gray fox, but has a more robust body, a shorter muzzle and shorter ears. Black and yellow-brown hairs mix across its back.
It is often active at night, dawn and dusk, though it can also be seen during the day.
It eats fruit, insects, crustaceans, frogs, birds, small mammals and carrion. Its diet changes with seasonal food availability.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.