Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative spelling: Canis (Vulpes)
Synonyms: Alopex Kaup 1829, Canis (Alopex) Kaup 1829, Cynalopex Smith 1839, Fennecus Desmarest 1804, Leucocyon Woldrich 1868, Mamvulpesus Herrera 1899, Megalotis Smith 1839, Vulpis Gray 1821, Xenalopex Kretzoi 1954
Parent taxon: Canidae according to G. D. Koufos 2022
See also Alroy 2002, Bartolini Lucenti 2021, Bourguignat 1875, Burgin et al. 2018, Carroll 1988, de Bonis et al. 2007, Geraads 1997, Geraads 2011, Geraads et al. 2015, Gray 1825, Hall 1981, Hartstone-Rose et al. 2013, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Palmer 1904, Schultz and Howard 1935, Tedford et al. 2009, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008, Werdelin and Peigne 2010, Wilson 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous
Subtaxa: Alopex praeglacialis Fennecus caama Fennecus pallidus Fennecus zaarensis Fennecus zerda 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 vulpes Vulpes zerda
Type: Canis vulpes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (33: Alberta, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (4), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (3), France (11), Georgia (2), Germany (3), Greece (20), Greenland (20), Hungary (5), Israel (6), Italy (18), Japan (3), Libya (2), Mexico (4), Monaco (2), Morocco (6), North Pacific (1), Norway (3), Portugal (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (19), Spain (11), Turkey (4), the United Kingdom (4), United States (55: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), France (1), Greece (3), Hungary (2), South Africa (2), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene of Afghanistan (1), China (5), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Greece (2), Hungary (4), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Romania (1), South Africa (3), Spain (2), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (23: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Chad (1), United States (3: California, Florida, Nebraska)
Total: 326 collections including 352 occurrences
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