Warrah
/ˈwɒrə/noun
An extinct fox-like canid native to the Falkland Islands.
Did you know?The Warrah, also called the Falkland Islands wolf, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands and was driven to extinction in the nineteenth century.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-European South America
Guaraní
aguará
“A fox or fox-like wild canid; the precise route into the Falkland name is uncertain.”
18th Century
Spanish
guará / aguará
“Names used in South America for foxes or related wild canids.”
18th Century
English
warrah
“A name recorded by English speakers for the fox-like canid of the Falkland Islands.”
19th Century
English
Falkland Islands wolf
“A descriptive English name for the same species, Dusicyon australis.”
1876
English
warrah
“The species became extinct after persecution and habitat pressures; the historical name remained in zoological writing.”