Lycalopex vetulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Canidae
Genus: Lycalopex
Species: L. vetulus

Name

Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842)

Type locality: "Rio das Velhas's Floddal" Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Zunino et al., 1995).

Synonymy

Canis vetulus Lund, 1842
Lycalopex chilensis Gray, 1868
Lycalopex fulvicaudus (Lund, 1843)
Lycalopex parvidens (Mivart, 1890)
Lycalopex sladeni (Thomas, 1904)
Lycalopex urostictus (Mivart, 1890)
Lycalopex vitulus (Huber, 1925)
Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842)

References

Primary references

Lund, P.W. 1842. Fortsatte Bemaerkninger over Brasiliens uddöne Dyrskabning. Lagoa Santa D. 27de Marts 1840. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske Afhandlinger ser. 4 9: 121–136. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Zunino, G.E., Vaccaro, O.B., Canevari, M. & Gardner, A.L. 1995. Taxonomy of the genus Lycalopex (Carnivora: Canidae) in Argentina. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(4): 729–747. BHL Reference page.
Dalponte, J.C. 2009. Lycalopex vetulus (Carnivora: Canidae). Mammalian species, 847: 1–7 DOI: 10.1644/847.1

Links

Lycalopex vetulus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Pseudalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842) (Least Concern)
Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

aragonés: Rabosa cenisosa
Deutsch: Brasilianischer Kampfuchs
English: Hoary Fox
español: Zorro Hoary o de dientes pequeños
français: Renard chenu
polski: Lis brazylijski, lis siwy
português: Raposa-do-campo
Türkçe: Brezilya dövüş tilkisi

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