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--> GENUS Lycalopex
SPECIES Lycalopex vetulus
Author: | Lund, 1842. | Citation: | K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afhandl., 9: 4. | Common Name: | Hoary Fox | Type Locality: | "Rio das Velhas's Floddal" Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Zunino et al., 1995). | Distribution: | Brazil (highlands in the States of Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Bahia, and Sao Paulo). | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient as Pseudalopex vetulus. | Comments: | Placed in Pseudalopex by Berta (1987, 1988); in Dusicyon (Lycalopex) by Cabrera (1957) and implied by Stains (1975); in Lycalopex by Langguth (1975); and considered in Canis (Lycalopex) by Van Gelder (1978). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
chilensis Gray, 1868 fulvicaudus (Lund, 1843) parvidens (Mivart, 1890) sladeni (Thomas, 1904) urostictus (Mivart, 1890) vitulus (Huber, 1925)
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