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Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy

Canis cinereoargenteus was named by Schreber (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Vulpes cinereoargenteus by van Gelder (1978); it was recombined as Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Fritzell and Haroldson (1982), Wang et al. (2008) and Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022).

Subspecies

U. borealis, U. californicus, U. cinereoargenteus, U. costaricensis, U. floridanus, U. fraterculus, U. furvus, U. guatemalae, U. madrensis, U. nigrirostris, U. ocythous, U. orinomus, U. peninsularis, U. scottii, U. townsendi, U. venezuelae

Synonyms

Urocyon seminolensis was named by Simpson (1929) [later synonymized with U. cinereoargenteus]. Its type specimen is AMNH 23526, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seminole Field, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial sandstone in Florida.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Arata (1959).
Canis virginianus was named by Schreber (1775). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Fritzell and Haroldson (1982).
Urocyon californicus was named by Merriam (1899). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Fritzell and Haroldson (1982).
Urocyon parvidens was named by Miller (1899). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Fritzell and Haroldson (1982).
Urocyon guatemalae was named by Miller (1899). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urocyon cinereoargenteus by Fritzell and Haroldson (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1775	Canis cinereoargenteus Schreber
1775	Canis virginianus Schreber
1899	Urocyon californicus Merriam
1899	Urocyon guatemalae Miller
1899	Urocyon parvidens Miller
1902	Canis cinereoargentatus Hay p. 775
1929	Urocyon seminolensis Simpson p. 575
1978	Vulpes cinereoargenteus van Gelder
1980	Urocyon cinereoargenteus Kurten and Anderson p. 173
1982	Urocyon cinereoargenteus Fritzell and Haroldson p. 1
2008	Urocyon cinereoargenteus Wang et al.
2022	Urocyon cinereoargenteus Ruiz-Ramoni et al. p. 101

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
family	Canidae
subfamily	Caninae	Gill 1872
tribe	Vulpini	Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
genus	Urocyon	Baird 1857
species	cinereoargenteus	(Schreber 1775)

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.

Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 [gray fox]

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Urocyon cinereoargenteus borealis Merriam 1903

Urocyon cinereoargenteus californicus Mearns 1897

Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775

Urocyon cinereoargenteus costaricensis Goodwin 1938

Urocyon cinereoargenteus fraterculus Elliot 1896

Urocyon cinereoargenteus furvus Allen and Barbour 1923

Urocyon cinereoargenteus guatemalae Miller 1899

Urocyon cinereoargenteus madrensis Burt and Hooper 1941

Urocyon cinereoargenteus nigrirostris Lichtenstein 1850

Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous Bangs 1899

Urocyon cinereoargenteus orinomus Goldman 1938

Urocyon cinereoargenteus peninsularis Huey 1928

Urocyon cinereoargenteus scottii Mearns 1891

Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Merriam 1899

Urocyon cinereoargenteus venezuelae Allen 1911

Invalid names: Canis virginianus Schreber 1775 [synonym], Urocyon californicus Merriam 1899 [synonym], Urocyon guatemalae Miller 1899 [synonym], Urocyon parvidens Miller 1899 [synonym], Urocyon seminolensis Simpson 1929 [synonym]

Urocyon cinereoargenteus floridanus Rhoades 1895

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available