Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Canis vulpes
Invalid subtaxa: Canis alopex Linnaeus 1758, Canis vulpes montana Pearson 1835, Vulpes alopex Linnaeus 1758, Vulpes cascadensis Merriam 1900 [replaced name], Vulpes fulva Desmarest 1829, Vulpes palmaria Hay 1917, Vulpes vulpes cascadensis Merriam 1900 [replaced name]
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Vulpes according to G. D. Koufos 2022
See also Duerst 1908, Geraads 2011, Guilday and Hamilton 1978, Hall 1981, Hay 1917, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lariviere and Pasitschniak-Arts 1996, Linnaeus 1758, Thomas 1911, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008, Wilson 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Vulpes alopecoides, Vulpes angustidens, Vulpes beihaiensis, Vulpes bengalensis, Vulpes cana, Vulpes chama, Vulpes chikushanensis, Vulpes corsac, Vulpes ferrilata, Vulpes flavescens, Vulpes galaticus, Vulpes griffithi, Vulpes hassani, Vulpes japonica, Vulpes karagan, Vulpes kernensis, Vulpes lagopus, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes mathisoni, Vulpes montana, Vulpes niloticus, Vulpes odessana, Vulpes pallida, Vulpes pensylvanicus, Vulpes praecorsac, Vulpes praeglacialis, Vulpes pusilla, Vulpes riffautae, Vulpes rooki, Vulpes rueppellii, Vulpes sinensis, Vulpes skinneri, Vulpes stenognathus, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulgaris, Vulpes zerda, Fennecus pallidus, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus zaarensis, Fennecus caama
Subtaxa: Vulpes vulpes macroura
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bulgaria (1 collection), Canada (10: Alberta, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (1), France (5), Germany (3), Greece (12), Hungary (4), Israel (3), Italy (9), Japan (2), Libya (1), Morocco (6), Norway (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (25: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 96 collections each including a single occurrence
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