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Otocyon megalotis virgatus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Otocyon virgatus was named by Miller (1909). It is extant.

It was recombined as Otocyon megalotis virgatus by Clark (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Otocyon virgatus Miller p. 485
1910Otocyon virgatus Cabrera p. 461
1910Otocyon canescens Cabrera p. 462
2005Otocyon megalotis virgatus Clark, Jr. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeVulpiniHemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
genusOtocyonMüller 1835
speciesmegalotis(Desmarest 1822)
subspeciesvirgatus(Miller 1909)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Otocyon canescens Cabrera 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-07-01 12:02:51
Modified: 2012-06-30 21:02:51
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clark 2005, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available