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Canis culpaeus (culpeo)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis culpaeus was named by Molina (1782). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pseudalopex culpaeus by Thomas (1914), van Gelder (1978) and Wang et al. (2008); it was recombined as Lycalopex culpaeus by Wilson and Reeder (2005), Burgin et al. (2018) and Favarini et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Canis culpaeus Molina
1782Dusicyon culpaeus Molina
1836Canis magellanicus Gray
1837Vulpes magellanicus Gray
1868Pseudalopex magellanicus Gray
1875Pseudalopex magellanicus Bourguignat
1896Pseudalopex lycoides Philippi
1903Canis albigula Philippi
1903Canis amblyodon Philippi
1905Cerdocyon prichardi Trouessart
1906Angusticeps reissii Hilzheimer
1906Speothos riveti Trouessart
1914Pseudalopex culpaeus Thomas
1914Pseudalopex smithersi Thomas
1978Pseudalopex culpaeus van Gelder
2005Lycalopex culpaeus Wilson and Reeder
2008Pseudalopex culpaeus Wang et al.
2018Lycalopex culpaeus Burgin et al.
2022Lycalopex culpaeus Favarini et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
genusCanis
speciesculpaeusMolina 1782

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.

Canis culpaeus Molina 1782 [culpeo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available