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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Dusicyon
Smith, 1839
- Falkland Island wolf
(mammal)
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Entity:
Canini (Tribe)
..Atelocynus (Genus) - small-eared dog, short-eared dog
..Canis (Genus) - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
..Cerdocyon (Genus) - crab-eating fox
..Chrysocyon (Genus) - maned wolf
..Cuon (Genus) - dhole
..†Eucyon (Genus)
..Lycalopex (Genus) - hoary fox
..Lycaon (Genus) - African hunting dog
..Nyctereutes (Genus) - raccoon dog
..†Protocyon (Genus)
..Speothos (Genus) - bush dog
..†Theriodictis (Genus)
..†Xenocyon (Genus)
..‡Dusicyon (Genus) - Falkland Island wolf
....‡Dusicyon australis (Species) - Falkland Islands wolf
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C.H. Smith, 1839)
Original name
:
Hamilton Smith, C. 1839:248.
Subsequent rank
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Dusicyon
(Subgenus)
C. E. H. Smith, 1839
Type, by synonymy
:
Dusicyon australis
(Kerr, 1792)
Variants
Different rank
:
Dusicyon
(Subgenus)
C. E. H. Smith, 1839
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Atelocyon
(Genus)
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Cerdocyon
(Genus)
Smith, 1839
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Lycalopex
(Genus)
Burmeister, 1854
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Zuidamerikaanse vossen s.s.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Falkland Island wolf
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28 Aug 2026