Vulpes sinensis Schlosser 1903 (fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1903. Die fossilen Saugethiere Chinas nebst einer Odontographie der recenten Antilopen. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Belongs to Vulpes according to M. Schlosser 1903

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 skinneri, Vulpes stenognathus, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulgaris, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda, Fennecus caama, Fennecus zaarensis, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus pallidus, Alopex praeglacialis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tientsin, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in China

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tientsin

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