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Taxonomy
Lycalopex was named by Burmeister (1854). It is extant.
It was reranked as Canis (Lycalopex) by van Gelder (1978).
It was assigned to Canini by Burmeister (1854); to Canis by van Gelder (1978); to Canidae by Bourguignat (1875), Cabrera (1931), Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Cerdocyonina by Tedford et al. (2009); and to Caninae by Ramirez and Prevosti (2014).
It was reranked as Canis (Lycalopex) by van Gelder (1978).
It was assigned to Canini by Burmeister (1854); to Canis by van Gelder (1978); to Canidae by Bourguignat (1875), Cabrera (1931), Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Cerdocyonina by Tedford et al. (2009); and to Caninae by Ramirez and Prevosti (2014).
Species
L. culpaeus, L. ensenadensis, L. fulvipes, L. griseus, L. gymnocercus, L. sechurae, L. vetulus (syn. Eunothocyon sladeni, Pseudalopex vetulus, Canis urostictus, Canis fulvicaudus, Canis parvidens), Pseudalopex culpaeus (syn. Angusticeps reissii, Canis magellanicus, Pseudalopex smithersi, Speothos riveti, Canis albigula, Canis amblyodon, Pseudalopex lycoides, Dusicyon culpaeus, Cerdocyon prichardi), Pseudalopex gracilis (syn. Canis domeykoanus, Canis patagonicus, Canis trichodactylus, Canis rufipes, Canis torquatus, Canis maullinicus, Pseudalopex zorrula), Pseudalopex griseus, Pseudalopex gymnocercus (syn. Vulpes azarae, Canis brasiliensis, Dusicyon gymnocercus, Canis protalopex, Pseudalopex azarica), Pseudalopex sechurae (syn. Dusicyon sechurae)