Urocyon cinereoargenteus (von Schreber, 1775)

Fonda, Federica, Vezzani, Liam, Mena Aguilar, Luis Ángel, Venegas-Elizondo, Carlos Andrés, Bolaños Brenes, Alexander, Lopez, Dayron Manuel, Romeo, Giuseppe, Sonetti, Dario & Dal Zotto, Matteo, 2025, Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica, ZooKeys 1260, pp. 37-74 : 37-74

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (von Schreber, 1775)

Material examined.

Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge ; 09°52'28"N, 085°03'27"W; 382 m alt.; 02.02.2019; direct observation .

Identification.

Relatively small canid, smaller than the coyote, with rather short legs. The fur is mainly grey in the upperparts and brownish-rufous in the underparts; throat and cheeks white. The colours of the upper and lower sides are delimited by a brownish band. The ears are triangular and held erect, the tail is bushy with black tip. The throat is white and the face grey, and the sides of the neck, the abdomen and the base of the tail are reddish. This species is one of the few canids able to climb trees ( Hernández-Hernández and Chávez 2021; Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). Occasionally recorded in dry habitats in the Wildlife Refuge.