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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Cerdocyon
Smith, 1839
- crab-eating fox
(mammal)
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Canini (Tribe)
..Atelocynus (Genus) - small-eared dog, short-eared dog
..Canis (Genus) - dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals
..Chrysocyon (Genus) - maned wolf
..Cuon (Genus) - dhole
..‡Dusicyon (Genus) - Falkland Island wolf
..†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)
..Cerdocyon (Genus) - crab-eating fox
....Cerdocyon thous (Species) - crab-eating fox
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C.H. Smith, 1839)
Original name
:
Hamilton Smith, C. 1839:259-267.
Subsequent rank
:
Types
Type, by synonymy
:
Cerdocyon thous
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Variants
Former rank
:
Cerdocyon
(Subgenus)
Smith, 1839
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 578.
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Dusicyon
(Genus)
Smith, 1839
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
crab-eating fox
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