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Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Description

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)

[Canis] cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 2, 13: pl. 92 [1775]; see also text: 21: 361 [1776].

Type Locality: "Sein Vaterland ist Carolina und die Wärmeren Gegenden von Nordamerica, vielleicht auch Surinam.".

Vernacular Names: Gray Fox.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. borealis Merriam 1903

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. californicus Mearns 1897

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. costaricensis Goodwin 1938

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. floridanus Rhoads 1895

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. fraterculus Elliot 1896

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. furvus G. M. Allen and Barbour 1923

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. guatemalae Miller 1899

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. madrensis Burt and Hooper 1941

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. nigrirostris Lichtenstein 1850

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. ocythous Bangs 1899

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. orinomus Goldman 1938

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. peninsularis Huey 1928

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. scottii Mearns 1891

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. townsendi Merriam 1899

Subspecies Urocyon cinereoargenteus subsp. venezuelae J. A. Allen 1911

Distribution: Belize, Canada (along USA border); Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA (most states except Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming), Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Fritzell and Haroldson (1982). Placed in Canis (Vulpes) by Van Gelder (1978). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Fritzell and Haroldson (1982).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 582, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/13603F8EE64DA23F72CC625DE96CAC6D

Related works

Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E69BF2968277AF6992A8FF32E9D4E7ED (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/13603F8EE64DA23F72CC625DE96CAC6D (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/231547615 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schreber
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Canidae
Genus
Urocyon
Species
cinereoargenteus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Goodwin, G. G. 1938. Five new rodents from the eastern Elburz Mountains and a new race of hare from Teheran. American Museum Novitates, 1950: 1 - 5.
  • Fritzell, E. K., and K. J. Haroldson. 1982. Urocyon cinereoargenteus. Mammalian Species, 189: 1 - 8.
  • Van Gelder, R. G. 1978. A review of canid classification. American Museum Novitates, 2646: 1 - 10.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.