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SPECIES Lycalopex griseus
Author: | Gray, 1837. | Citation: | Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 578. | Common Name: | South American Gray Fox | Type Locality: | "Magellan", listed in Cabrera (1957) as "Costa del Estrecho de Magallanes" [Chile]. | Distribution: | Argentina (Santiago del Estero), Chile, Falkland Isls. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II as Pseudalopex griseus; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. griseus. | Comments: | Placed in Pseudalopex by Berta (1988) and Dusicyon by Cabrera (1957). Considered in Canis (Pseudalopex) by Langguth (1975), and Van Gelder (1978). Placed in Lycalopex gymnocercus by Zunino et al. (1995). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gracilis (Burmeister, 1861)
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