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Dusicyon (Falkland Island wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonyms
  • Pseudalopex culpaeolus was named by Thomas (1914). It is extant.

    It was corrected as Pseudalopex culpaeola by Cabrera (1931); it was recombined as Dusicyon culpaeolus by Clutton-Brock et al. (1976); it was considered a nomen dubium by van Gelder (1978).
  • Pseudalopex inca was named by Thomas (1914). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Dusicyon inca by Clutton-Brock et al. (1976); it was considered a nomen dubium by van Gelder (1978).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Dusicyon Hamilton Smith p. 248
1914Pseudalopex culpaeolus Thomas
1914Pseudalopex inca Thomas
1926Ducicyon Oliver Schneider p. 145
1931Dusicyon Cabrera
1931Pseudalopex culpaeola Cabrera
1931Pseudalopex inca Cabrera
1976Dusicyon culpaeolus Clutton-Brock et al.
1976Dusicyon inca Clutton-Brock et al.
1978Canis (Dusicyon) van Gelder
1988Dusicyon Carroll
2008Dusicyon Wang 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
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
subtribeCerdocyonina
genusDusicyonHamilton Smith 1839

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.

G. †Dusicyon Hamilton Smith 1839 [Falkland Island wolf]
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Dusicyon australis Kerr 1972 [Falkland Island fox]
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Invalid names: Canis (Pseudalopex) australis Kerr 1792 [synonym], Dusicyon darwini Thomas 1914 [synonym], Pseudalopex antarcticus Bechstein 1799 [synonym]
Dusicyon avus Burmeister 1866
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Invalid names: Canis platensis Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Dusicyon cultridens Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Invalid names: Dusicyon culpaeolus Thomas 1914 [nomen dubium], Dusicyon inca Thomas 1914 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available