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Vulpes macrotis (kit fox)
Taxonomy
Vulpes macrotis was named by Merriam (1888). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpes velox by Bueler (1973), Dragoo et al. (1990), Wilson and Reeder (1993).
It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpes velox by Bueler (1973), Dragoo et al. (1990), Wilson and Reeder (1993).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Vulpes macrotis Merriam |
| 1980 | Vulpes macrotis Kurten and Anderson |
| 1984 | Vulpes macrotis Anderson |
| 1985 | Vulpes macrotis Harris |
| 1992 | Vulpes macrotis Dalquest and Schultz |
| 2008 | Vulpes macrotis Wang et al. |
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Vulpes macrotis Merriam 1888 [kit fox]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Vulpes macrotis (93244) |