Darwin’s Fox

Named after the English naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Darwin who first identified this species of fox in 1834, this beautiful creature only exists in two locations in Chile, the island of Chiloè and in the Nahuelbuta National Park. Current estimates of the total population are still low, with an estimated minimum 227 individuals on the mainland and 412 on Chiloé Island. Considered a critically endangered species, the Darwin’s fox faces habitat loss, along with deaths from hunting.