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Vulpes
Frisch, 1775
- foxes
(mammal)
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Entity:
Vulpini (Tribe)
..Otocyon (Genus) - bat-eared fox
..†Prototocyon (Genus)
..Urocyon (Genus) - grey foxes
..Vulpes (Genus) - foxes
....Vulpes bengalensis (Species) - Bengal fox
....Vulpes cana (Species) - Blanford's fox
....Vulpes chama (Species) - Cape fox
....Vulpes corsac (Species) - Corsac fox
....Vulpes ferrilata (Species) - Tibetan sand fox
....Vulpes lagopus (Species) - arctic fox
....Vulpes macrotis (Species) - kit fox
....Vulpes pallida (Species) - pale fox
....Vulpes rueppellii (Species) - Rüppell's fox
....†Vulpes vafer (Species)
....Vulpes velox (Species) - swift fox
....Vulpes vulpes (Species) - red fox
....Vulpes zerda (Species) - fennec fox
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Frisch, 1775, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Frisch, 1775:unpaged table.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
ICZN, 1979
Types
Type of
:
Vulpini
(Tribe)
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
Type, by original designation
:
Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Different rank
:
Vulpes
(Subgenus)
Frisch, 1775
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Alopex
(Genus)
Kaup, 1829
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name
:
Urocyon
(Genus)
Baird, 1857
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Urocyon
(Genus)
Baird, 1857
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Alopex
(Genus)
Kaup, 1829
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
Fennecus
(Genus)
Desmarest, 1804
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
gewone vossen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
foxes
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