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Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

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

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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
tribeVulpiniHemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
genusUrocyonBaird 1857
speciescinereoargenteus(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 furvus Allen and Barbour 1923
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]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:12:48
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:12:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Urocyon atwaterensis (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (65405)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (Texas) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (93258)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Urocyon sp. (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Urocyon sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20354 20479)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20491 195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Urocyon californicus (150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20573 20594 20634 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (74470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Urocyon californicus (79630) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (73752) Urocyon townsendi (93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (124198)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20638 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Urocyon seminolensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Urocyon townsendi (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (104689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (93344)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (233123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (195062 195066)