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
532
628
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Lycalopex vetulus
(Lund 1842)
[Canis] vetulus
Lund 1842
,
K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afhandl., 9: 4
.
Type Locality:
"Rio das Velhas's Floddal" Lagoa Santa,
Minas Gerais
,
Brazil
(
Zunino et al., 1995
).
Vernacular Names:
Hoary Fox
.
Synonyms:
Lycalopex chilensis
Gray 1868
;
Lycalopex fulvicaudus
(Lund 1843)
;
Lycalopex parvidens
(Mivart 1890)
;
Lycalopex sladeni
(Thomas 1904)
;
Lycalopex urostictus
(Mivart 1890)
;
Lycalopex vitulus
(Huber 1925)
.
Distribution:
Brazil
(highlands in the States of
Mato Grosso
,
Goiás
,
Minas Gerais
,
Bahia
, and
Sao Paulo
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Data Deficient as
Pseudalopex vetulus
.
Discussion:
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)
.