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Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi was named by Merriam (1899). It is extant.

It was recombined as Urocyon townsendi by Furlong (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Merriam
1904Urocyon townsendi Furlong p. 55
1982Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Fritzell and Haroldson p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeVulpiniHemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
genusUrocyonBaird 1857
speciescinereoargenteus(Schreber 1775)
subspeciestownsendiMerriam 1899

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available