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Taxonomy
Dusicyon was named by Hamilton Smith (1839). It is not extant.
It was reranked as Canis (Dusicyon) by van Gelder (1978).
It was assigned to Canis by van Gelder (1978); to Canidae by Oliver Schneider (1926), Cabrera (1931) and Carroll (1988); and to Cerdocyonina by Wang et al. (2008).
It was reranked as Canis (Dusicyon) by van Gelder (1978).
It was assigned to Canis by van Gelder (1978); to Canidae by Oliver Schneider (1926), Cabrera (1931) and Carroll (1988); and to Cerdocyonina by Wang et al. (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1839 | Dusicyon Hamilton Smith p. 248 |
1914 | Pseudalopex culpaeolus Thomas |
1914 | Pseudalopex inca Thomas |
1926 | Ducicyon Oliver Schneider p. 145 |
1931 | Dusicyon Cabrera |
1931 | Pseudalopex culpaeola Cabrera |
1931 | Pseudalopex inca Cabrera |
1976 | Dusicyon culpaeolus Clutton-Brock et al. |
1976 | Dusicyon inca Clutton-Brock et al. |
1978 | Canis (Dusicyon) van Gelder |
1988 | Dusicyon Carroll |
2008 | Dusicyon Wang et al. |
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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.
G. †Dusicyon Hamilton Smith 1839 [Falkland Island wolf]
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†Dusicyon australis Kerr 1972 [Falkland Island fox]
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Invalid names: Canis (Pseudalopex) australis Kerr 1792 [synonym], Dusicyon darwini Thomas 1914 [synonym], Pseudalopex antarcticus Bechstein 1799 [synonym]
†Dusicyon cultridens Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Invalid names: Dusicyon culpaeolus Thomas 1914 [nomen dubium], Dusicyon inca Thomas 1914 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available