Peripatopsis ferox

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

| species = ferox

| authority = Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020

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Peripatopsis ferox is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.{{Cite journal |last1=Barnes |first1=Aaron |last2=Reiss |first2=Till |last3=Daniels |first3=Savel R. |date=2020 |title=Systematics of the Peripatopsis clavigera species complex (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) reveals cryptic cladogenic patterning, with the description of five new species |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS19071 |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=569–590 |language=en |doi=10.1071/IS19071 |issn=1445-5226|url-access=subscription }} This species is a clade in the P. clavigera species complex. This species has 17 pairs of legs, varies from slate black to brown, and ranges from 17 mm to 28 mm in length. Also known as the Wilderness velvet worm,{{Cite web |title=Wilderness Velvetworm (Peripatopsis ferox) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1432461-Peripatopsis-ferox |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} this species has an extensive distribution across many patches of forest in Western Cape province in South Africa.