In 2021, an animal shelter in Vacaria, Brazil discovered an animal that appeared to hybrid between a domestic dog and a pampas fox—a “false” fox that’s actually a canid more similar to ...

The creature, a female, was named “Dogxim,” a cross between “dog” and “graxaim do campo,” the Portuguese name for Pampas fox. And while the first, it may not be the last of its kind.

Pictures of the first ever dog-fox hybrid, dubbed the dogxim, that was discovered in Brazil. Flávia Ferrari. When the animal didn't accept food usually offered to dogs, she was given small rats ...

The first known hybrid between a pampas fox and a domestic dog was discovered in Brazil. The "amazing" creature shared visual and behavioral characteristics with both animals.

The discovery, documented in a 2023 study published in Animals, marked the first scientifically confirmed case of hybridization between these two species, which diverged roughly 6.7 million years ago.

Animals like these were part of the so-called megafauna: giant animals that lived during the Pleistocene, ... “The Pampas are a reflection of Argentina and Uruguay, there is just a small part in ...

The paper makes the case that a fossilized giant ground sloth found at the Campo Laborde archaeological site in the Pampas region of Argentina was slaughtered by humans around 12,600 years ago.