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Canis vetulus (Hoary fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis vetulus was named by Lund (1842). It is extant. Its type locality is Lagoa Santa, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Brazil.

It was recombined as Lycalopex vetulus by Burmeister (1854), Bourguignat (1875), Cabrera (1931), van Gelder (1978), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Favarini et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Canis vetulus Lund
1842Pseudalopex vetulus Lund
1843Canis fulvicaudus Lund
1854Lycalopex vetulus Burmeister
1868Lycalopex fulvicaudus Gray
1875Lycalopex fulvicaudus Bourguignat
1875Lycalopex vetulus Bourguignat
1890Canis parvidens Mivart
1890Canis urostictus Mivart
1899Nothocyon parvidens Wortman and Matthew
1899Nothocyon urostictus Wortman and Matthew p. 125
1904Canis sladeni Thomas
1905Eunothocyon sladeni Allen
1931Lycalopex vetulus Cabrera
1978Lycalopex vetulus van Gelder
2005Lycalopex vetulus Wilson and Reeder
2008Pseudalopex vetulus Wang et al.
2022Lycalopex vetulus 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
speciesvetulusLund 1842

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 vetulus Lund 1842 [Hoary fox]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Canis vetulus (type locality: 140474)