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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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Synonyms:

    chilensis Gray, 1868
    fulvicaudus (Lund, 1843)
    parvidens (Mivart, 1890)
    sladeni (Thomas, 1904)
    urostictus (Mivart, 1890)
    vitulus (Huber, 1925)

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