Order Carnivora
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
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628
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Lycalopex
Burmeister 1854
Lycalopex
Burmeister 1854
,
Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens: 95-101
.
Type Species:
Canis magellanicus
Gray 1847
Synonyms:
Angusticeps
Hilzheimer 1906
;
Eunothocyon
J. A.
Allen 1905
;
Lupulus
Trouessart 1897
;
Microcyon
Trouessart 1906
;
Nothocyon
Wortman and Matthew 1899
;
Pseudalopex
Burmeister 1856
;
Pseudolopex
Philippi 1903
;
Pseudolycos
Philippi 1903
;
Thous
Gray 1869
;
Viverriceps
Hilzheimer 1906
.
Species and subspecies:
6 species with 11 subspecies:
Species
Lycalopex culpaeus
(
Molina 1782
)
Subspecies
Lycalopex culpaeus
subsp.
culpaeus
Molina 1782
Subspecies
Lycalopex culpaeus
subsp.
andinus
Thomas 1914
Subspecies
Lycalopex culpaeus
subsp.
lycoides
Philippi 1896
Subspecies
Lycalopex culpaeus
subsp.
magellanicus
Gray 1837
Subspecies
Lycalopex culpaeus
subsp.
reissii
Hilzheimer 1906
Subspecies
Lycalopex culpaeus
subsp.
smithersi
Thomas 1914
Species
Lycalopex fulvipes
(Martin 1837)
Species
Lycalopex griseus
(
Gray 1837
)
Species
Lycalopex gymnocercus
(G. Fischer 1814)
Subspecies
Lycalopex gymnocercus
subsp.
gymnocercus
G. Fischer 1814
Subspecies
Lycalopex gymnocercus
subsp.
antiquus
Ameghino 1889
Subspecies
Lycalopex gymnocercus
subsp.
domeykoanus
Philippi 1901
Subspecies
Lycalopex gymnocercus
subsp.
gracilis
Burmeister 1861
Subspecies
Lycalopex gymnocercus
subsp.
maullinicus
Philippi 1903
Species
Lycalopex sechurae
Thomas 1900
Species
Lycalopex vetulus
(Lund 1842)
Discussion:
Revised by
Zunino et al. (1995)
. Also see comments under
Dusicyon
. Although combining taxa included here with
Dusicyon
would not be in conflict with
Berta (1987
,
1988
), her analyses suggested that other genera, now extinct, are more closely related to
Dusicyon
.
Berta (1987
,
1988
) presented derived features that would support a single origin for those taxa recognized here in
Lycalopex
(=
Pseudalopex
), which would also agree with
Cabrera (1957)
and
Stains (1975)
. A detailed comparative morphological study by
Langguth (1969)
caused him to conclude (1975) that
Pseudalopex
(=
Lycalopex
) merited generic rank. Synonyms allocated according to
Zunino et al. (1995)
.
Tedford et al. (1995)
considered
Lycalopex
as recognized here as paraphyletic and proposed a different arrangement of South American canids according to the following monophyletic groups: (1)
L. vetulus
+
Chrysocyon
+
Cerdocyon
+
Nyctereutes
+
Speothos
+
Atelocynus
; (2)
L. culpaeus
+
Dusicyon
; (3)
L. griseus
+
L. gymnocercus
+
L. sechurae
.