South American fox South American fox The South American foxes ("Lycalopex"), commonly called "raposa" in Portuguese, or "zorro" in Spanish, are a genus of the family Canidae from South America. Despite their name, they are not true foxes, but are a unique canid genus related to wolves and jackals, which some somewhat resemble foxes due to convergent evolution. The South American gray fox, "Lycalopex griseus", is the most common species, and is known for its large ears and a highly marketable, russet-fringed pelt. The oldest known fossils belonging to the genus were discovered in Chile, and date from 2.0 to 2.5 million years
Names given to the Spanish language even Latin) rather than English: 西班牙 ( "xībānyá") for Spain and 西班牙语 ( "xībānyá yǔ"), or the abbreviation 西語 ( "xī yǔ") for the Spanish language. The Arabic إسبانية ("isbāniya") for Spain derives directly from the word "España": the absence of "p" in the Arabic alphabet makes it a "b", and the sound "ñ" is transformed into "n". إسباني (isbāni) is the name for Spanish, with the "nisba" suffix. In Guatemala, although Spanish is the official language, the Maya peoples, descendants of the original inhabitants of the region, call it "la castilla", keeping the original name from colonial times. Mayans