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Otocyon megalotis (bat-eared fox)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis megalotis was named by Desmarest (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Otocyon megalotis by Cabrera (1910), van Gelder (1978), Bertram and Biewener (1990), Wang et al. (2008).

Subspecies
O. megalotis (syn. Agriodus auritus, Canis lalandii, Otocyon caffer, Otocyon steinhardti), O. virgatus (syn. Otocyon canescens)
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. recki
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2012-04-26; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Canis megalotis Desmarest
1910Otocyon megalotis Cabrera p. 461
1978Otocyon megalotis van Gelder
1990Otocyon megalotis Bertram and Biewener p. 160
2008Otocyon megalotis Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeVulpiniHemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
genusOtocyonMüller 1835
speciesmegalotis(Desmarest 1822)

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.

Otocyon megalotis Desmarest 1822 [bat-eared fox]
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Invalid names: Agriodus auritus Smith 1840 [objective synonym], Canis lalandii Desmoulins 1823 [objective synonym], Otocyon caffer Müller 1836 [objective synonym], Otocyon steinhardti Zukowsky 1924 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Otocyon canescens Cabrera 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-07-01 12:02:51
Modified: 2012-06-30 21:02:51
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Clark 2005, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Otocyon megalotis (21956)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Otocyon megalotis (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Otocyon megalotis (21924)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Otocyon megalotis (21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Otocyon megalotis (115184)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Otocyon megalotis (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Otocyon megalotis (21896)