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Lycalopex
Burmeister, 1854
- hoary fox
(mammal)
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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
..‡Dusicyon (Genus) - Falkland Island wolf
..†Eucyon (Genus)
..Lycaon (Genus) - African hunting dog
..Nyctereutes (Genus) - raccoon dog
..†Protocyon (Genus)
..Speothos (Genus) - bush dog
..†Theriodictis (Genus)
..†Xenocyon (Genus)
..Lycalopex (Genus) - hoary fox
....Lycalopex culpaeus (Species) - culpeo
....Lycalopex fulvipes (Species) - Darwin's fox
....Lycalopex griseus (Species) - South American gray fox
....Lycalopex gymnocercus (Species) - pampas fox
....Lycalopex sechurae (Species) - Sechuran fox
....Lycalopex vetulus (Species) - hoary fox
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Burmeister, 1854)
Original name
:
Burmeister, 1854:95-101.
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:
Types
Type
:
Lycalopex vetulus
(Lund, 1842)
Variants
Different rank
:
Lycalopex
(Subgenus)
Burmeister, 1854
Different rank
:
Lycalopex
(Subgenus)
Burmeister, 1854
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Dusicyon
(Genus)
Smith, 1839
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Pseudalopex
(Genus)
Burmeister, 1856
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 579.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hoary fox
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