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SPECIES Dusicyon australis

Author:Kerr, 1792.
Citation:InLinnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 144.
Common Name:Falkland Islands Wolf
Type Locality:"America and Falkland islands."
Distribution:Falkland Isls.
Status:IUCN – Extinct.
Comments:Placed in Dusicyon by Cabrera (1931) and Berta (1987, 1988), and considered as a subgenus separate from other "foxes" (i.e., culpaeus, griseus, gymnocercus, and sechurae) by Langguth (1975) and Van Gelder (1978).
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    antarcticus (Bechstein, 1799)

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