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Taxonomy
Canis cinereoargenteus was named by Schreber (1775). It is extant.
It was recombined as Vulpes cinereoargenteus by van Gelder (1978); it was recombined as Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Fritzell and Haroldson (1982), Wang et al. (2008), Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Vulpes cinereoargenteus by van Gelder (1978); it was recombined as Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Fritzell and Haroldson (1982), Wang et al. (2008), Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1775 | Canis cinereoargenteus Schreber |
| 1775 | Canis virginianus Schreber |
| 1899 | Urocyon californicus Merriam |
| 1899 | Urocyon guatemalae Miller |
| 1899 | Urocyon parvidens Miller |
| 1902 | Canis cinereoargentatus Hay p. 775 |
| 1929 | Urocyon seminolensis Simpson p. 575 |
| 1978 | Vulpes cinereoargenteus van Gelder |
| 1980 | Urocyon cinereoargenteus Kurten and Anderson p. 173 |
| 1982 | Urocyon cinereoargenteus Fritzell and Haroldson p. 1 |
| 2008 | Urocyon cinereoargenteus Wang et al. |
| 2022 | Urocyon cinereoargenteus Ruiz-Ramoni et al. p. 101 |
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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.
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 [gray fox]
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus borealis Merriam 1903
Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775
Urocyon cinereoargenteus costaricensis Goodwin 1938
Urocyon cinereoargenteus floridanus Rhoades 1895
Urocyon cinereoargenteus fraterculus Elliot 1896
Urocyon cinereoargenteus furvus Allen and Barbour 1923
Urocyon cinereoargenteus guatemalae Miller 1899
Urocyon cinereoargenteus madrensis Burt and Hooper 1941
Urocyon cinereoargenteus nigrirostris Lichtenstein 1850
Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous Bangs 1899
Urocyon cinereoargenteus orinomus Goldman 1938
Urocyon cinereoargenteus peninsularis Huey 1928
Urocyon cinereoargenteus scottii Mearns 1891
Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Merriam 1899
Urocyon cinereoargenteus venezuelae Allen 1911
Invalid names: Canis virginianus Schreber 1775 [synonym], Urocyon californicus Merriam 1899 [synonym], Urocyon guatemalae Miller 1899 [synonym], Urocyon parvidens Miller 1899 [synonym], Urocyon seminolensis Simpson 1929 [synonym]
Urocyon cinereoargenteus californicus Mearns 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (41 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gelasian | USA (Kansas) | Urocyon atwaterensis (19927) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (65405) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Texas) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (93258) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20477 20559) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Aguascalientes) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20283) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Urocyon sp. (20400) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Urocyon sp. (20290) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20354 20479) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Urocyon californicus (150336) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20491 195112) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Urocyon seminolensis (154771) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20573 20594 20634 20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (124198) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20638 74292 154805) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Urocyon californicus (79630) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (73752 236636) Urocyon townsendi (93250) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Indiana) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20600) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (76059 76060) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Urocyon townsendi (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (74470) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Mississippi) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (93344) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (104689) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (221863) | |
| Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (195062 195066) | |
| Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (104675) | |
| Holocene | USA (Arizona) | Urocyon cinereoargenteus (233123) |