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SPECIES Lycalopex gymnocercus

Author:G. Fischer, 1814.
Citation:Zoognosia, 3: xi, p. 178.
Common Name:Pampas Fox
Type Locality:"Paraguay", restricted by Cabrera (1957) to "a los alrededores de Asunción."
Distribution:Argentina (north of Rio Negro), E Bolivia, S Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Status:CITES – Appendix II as Pseudalopex gymnocercus; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as P. gymnocercus.
Comments:Placed in Pseudalopex by Berta (1988) and in Dusicyon by Cabrera (1957). Considered in Canis (Pseudalopex) by Langguth (1975) and Van Gelder (1978). Synonyms allocated according to Zunino et al. (1995) and Cabrera (1957).
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SUBSPECIES gymnocercus

SUBSPECIES antiquus

SUBSPECIES domeykoanus

SUBSPECIES gracilis

SUBSPECIES maullinicus

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