[Sp., = fox.] The South American fox-wolf. Also Zorrino [dim.], a kind of skunk (cf. ZORIL), or its fur.
1838. Hunter, trans. Azara’s Nat. Hist. Paraguay, I. 290. As to habits they vary considerably in my zorros.
1885. Encycl. Brit., XVIII. 353/1. The zorro or Canis Azaræ (a kind of fox), the zorrino or Mephitis patagonica (a kind of skunk), and the tuco-tuco or Ctenomys magellanicus.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 17 June, 7/1. Furs in great variety (chinchilla, vicuna, guanaco, zorrino, lynx, leopard, alpaca, &c.).
