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Canis sechurae (Sechuran fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis sechurae was named by Thomas (1900). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pseudalopex sechurae by Kraglievich (1930), Cabrera (1931), van Gelder (1978) and Wang et al. (2008); it was recombined as Lycalopex sechurae by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Burgin et al. (2018) and Favarini et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Dusicyon sechurae was named by Thomas (1900). Its type specimen is EPN V. 3042, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudalopex sechurae by Burgin et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Canis sechurae Thomas
1900Dusicyon sechurae Thomas
1930Pseudalopex sechurae Kraglievich
1931Pseudalopex sechurae Cabrera
1978Pseudalopex sechurae van Gelder
2005Lycalopex sechurae Wilson and Reeder
2008Pseudalopex sechurae Wang et al.
2018Lycalopex sechurae Burgin et al.
2022Lycalopex sechurae Favarini et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusCanis
speciessechuraeThomas 1900

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.

Canis sechurae Thomas 1900 [Sechuran fox]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available