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Taxonomy
Canis velox was named by Say (1823). It is extant.
It was recombined as Vulpes velox by Bourguignat (1875), Schultz and Howard (1935), Bueler (1973), van Gelder (1978), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Vulpes velox by Bourguignat (1875), Schultz and Howard (1935), Bueler (1973), van Gelder (1978), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Wang et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1823 | Canis velox Say |
| 1875 | Vulpes velox Bourguignat |
| 1935 | Vulpes velox Schultz and Howard p. 284 |
| 1973 | Vulpes velox Bueler |
| 1978 | Vulpes velox van Gelder |
| 1980 | Vulpes velox Kurten and Anderson p. 173 |
| 2008 | Vulpes velox Wang et al. |
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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.
Vulpes velox Say 1823 [swift 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Vulpes velox (20060) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Vulpes velox (20329 20477 20559) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Vulpes velox (20295) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Vulpes velox (20157) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Vulpes velox (20143) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Vulpes macrotis (20178) Vulpes sp. (20327) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Vulpes velox (93528) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Vulpes velox (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Vulpes velox (93141 93281) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Vulpes velox (93326) |