Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: A. Hartstone-Rose, B. F. Kuhn, S. Nalla, L. Werdelin, and L. R. Berger. 2013. A new species of fox from the Australopithecus sediba type locality, Malapa, South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 68(1):1-9
Belongs to Vulpes according to A. Hartstone-Rose et al. 2013
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 stenognathus, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulgaris, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes zerda, Fennecus caama, Fennecus zerda, Fennecus pallidus, Fennecus zaarensis, Alopex praeglacialis
Type specimen: Palaeosciences Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, UW 88-812, a mandible. Its type locality is Malapa Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Malapa Cave
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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