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Vulpes macrotis (kit fox)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Vulpes macrotis was named by Merriam (1888). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpes velox by Bueler (1973), Dragoo et al. (1990) and Wilson and Reeder (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. donnezani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Vulpes macrotis Merriam
1980Vulpes macrotis Kurten and Anderson
1984Vulpes macrotis Anderson
1985Vulpes macrotis Harris
1992Vulpes macrotis Dalquest and Schultz
2008Vulpes macrotis 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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
genusVulpesFrisch 1775
speciesmacrotisMerriam 1888

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.

Vulpes macrotis Merriam 1888 [kit fox]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available