page_title: List of mammals of Chile
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Chile / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Superorder: Laurasiatheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Zorro chilote en Ahuenco, comuna de Ancud, Chiloé, Chile English: Darwin's fox in Ahuenco, Chiloe Island, Chile Mapudungun: Paynengürü Chillwe lafkenmapu mew
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Chile. As of January 2011, there are 152 mammal species listed for Chile, of which four are critically endangered, eight are endangered, eight are vulnerable, and eleven are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column are used in some other articles:
context_section_description: There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
  Suborder: Feliformia
  Family: Felidae (cats)
  Subfamily: Felinae
  Genus: Leopardus
  Pampas cat, Leopardus colocolo NT
  Geoffroy's cat, Leopardus geoffroyi NT
  Kodkod, Leopardus guigna VU
  Andean mountain cat, Leopardus jacobita EN
  Genus: Puma
  Cougar, Puma concolor LC
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
  Genus: Lycalopex
  Culpeo, Lycalopex culpaeus LC
  Darwin's fox, Lycalopex fulvipes CR
  South American gray fox, Lycalopex griseus LC
  Family: Procyonidae (raccoons)
  Genus: Nasua
  South American coati, Nasua nasua LC
  Family: Mustelidae, (mustelids)
  Genus: Galictis
  Lesser grison, Galictis cuja LC
  Genus: Lyncodon
  Patagonian weasel, Lyncodon patagonicus LC
  Genus: Lontra
  Marine otter, Lontra felina EN
  Southern river otter, Lontra provocax EN
  Family: Mephitidae
  Genus: Conepatus
  Molina's hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus chinga LC
  Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus humboldtii LC
  Clade: Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walruses)
  Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions)
  Genus: Arctocephalus
  South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis LC
  Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella LC
  Juan Fernandez fur seal, Arctocephalus philippii NT
  Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LC
  Genus: Otaria
  South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens LC
  Family: Phocidae, (earless seals)
  Genus: Hydrurga
  Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
  Genus: Mirounga
  Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC
caption: Darwin's fox
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