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Lycalopex (South American fox)
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. Canis parvidens, Eunothocyon sladeni, Canis urostictus, Pseudalopex vetulus, Canis fulvicaudus), Pseudalopex culpaeus (syn. Pseudalopex smithersi, Canis magellanicus, Pseudalopex lycoides, Canis albigula, Speothos riveti, Angusticeps reissii, Cerdocyon prichardi, Dusicyon culpaeus, Canis amblyodon), Pseudalopex gracilis (syn. Canis rufipes, Canis maullinicus, Canis trichodactylus, Canis torquatus, Pseudalopex zorrula, Canis patagonicus, Canis domeykoanus), Pseudalopex griseus, Pseudalopex gymnocercus (syn. Canis protalopex, Pseudalopex azarica, Vulpes azarae, Dusicyon gymnocercus, Canis brasiliensis), Pseudalopex sechurae (syn. Dusicyon sechurae)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Lycalopex Burmeister |
| 1856 | Pseudalopex Burmeister |
| 1875 | Lycalopex Bourguignat |
| 1875 | Pseudalopex Bourguignat |
| 1895 | Canis (Pseudalopex) Allen p. 188 |
| 1903 | Pseudolycos Philippi |
| 1905 | Eunothocyon Allen |
| 1906 | Angusticeps Hilzheimer |
| 1906 | Viverriceps Hilzheimer |
| 1906 | Microcyon Trouessart |
| 1931 | Lycalopex Cabrera |
| 1931 | Pseudalopex Cabrera |
| 1978 | Canis (Lycalopex) van Gelder |
| 1978 | Canis (Pseudalopex) van Gelder |
| 2005 | Lycalopex Wilson and Reeder |
| 2008 | Pseudalopex Wang et al. |
| 2009 | Lycalopex Tedford et al. |
| 2014 | Lycalopex Ramirez and Prevosti |
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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.
G. Lycalopex Burmeister 1854 [South American fox]
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Lycalopex culpaeus Molina 1782 [culpeo]
†Lycalopex ensenadensis Ameghino 1888
Lycalopex fulvipes Martin 1837 [Darwin's fox]
Lycalopex griseus Gray 1837 [South American gray fox]
Lycalopex gymnocercus Fischer 1814 [pampas fox]
Lycalopex sechurae Thomas 1900 [Sechuran fox]
Lycalopex vetulus Lund 1842 [Hoary fox]
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Invalid names: Canis fulvicaudus Lund 1843 [synonym], Canis parvidens Mivart 1890 [synonym], Canis urostictus Mivart 1890 [synonym], Eunothocyon sladeni Thomas 1904 [synonym], Pseudalopex vetulus Lund 1842 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eunothocyon Allen 1905 [synonym], Pseudalopex Burmeister 1856 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Nothocyon urostictus, Nothocyon parvidens (230865) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pseudalopex sp. (199157) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Pseudalopex gymnocercus (70673) | |
| Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Canis urostictus, Canis parvidens (140474) | |
| Pleistocene | Peru (Ayacucho) | Pseudalopex sp. (146602) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lycalopex sp. (232457) | |
| Pleistocene (interglacial) | Ecuador (Chimborazo) | Dusicyon culpaeus (133644) | |
| Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Canis ensenadensis (140653) Pseudalopex propiatensis (199170) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Pseudalopex sp. (70704) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Dusicyon gymnocercus (207679) Pseudalopex sp. (63335) | |
| Lujanian (interglacial) | Uruguay (Salto) | Lycalopex gymnoceras (140159) | |
| Lujanian | Uruguay | Lycalopex gymnocercus (71325) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lycalopex ensenadensis (230885) Pseudalopex gymnocercus (71286) Pseudalopex gymnocercus, Pseudalopex griseus (71303) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Pseudalopex gymnocercus (203955) | |
| Lujanian | Peru (Puno) | Lycalopex culpaeus (145248) | |
| Lujanian | Peru (La Libertad) | Pseudalopex sp. (145505) | |
| Lujanian | Peru (Piura) | Pseudalopex sp. (145500) | |
| Lujanian | Uruguay (Colonia) | Lycalopex gymnocercus (226121) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Dusicyon sechurae (133630) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (Última Esperanza) | Lycalopex culpaeus (213007) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (O'Higgins) | Canidae indet. (71280) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Lycalopex sp. (212474 212475) Pseudalopex sp. (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile | Lycalopex culpaeus (213009) Pseudalopex sp., Lycalopex culpaeus, Lycalopex griseus (71342) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Dusicyon gymnocercus (93265) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pseudalopex gymnocercus (63338) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lycalopex gymnocercus (212470) | |
| Holocene | Chile (Magallanes) | Lycalopex culpaeus, Lycalopex griseus (230881) |