Urocyon Baird 1857 (gray fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Parent taxon: Vulpini according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009

See also Alroy 2002, Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Ferrucyon, Metalopex, Otocyon, Prototocyon

Subtaxa: Urocyon cinereoargenteus Urocyon citrinus Urocyon galushai Urocyon littoralis Urocyon minicephalus Urocyon progressus Urocyon virginianus Urocyon webbi

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Mexico (1), United States (52: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of United States (7: Arizona, California, Kansas, Texas)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 64 collections including 65 occurrences

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