Taxonomy Profile: Vulpes (Frisch 1775)

Vulpes: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Alopex
Kaup 1829
Common Name(s):
kit foxes []
red foxes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Vulpes: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Carnivora
carnivores |
cachorro do mato |
carnívoro |
gato do mato |
lontra |
carnivores |
Suborder : Caniformia
dog-like carnivores |
Family : Canidae
coyotes |
dogs |
foxes |
jackals |
wolves |
Genus : Vulpes
kit foxes |
red foxes |
Vulpes Direct Children(s):
Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
Vulpes macrotis
(Merriam 1888)
Vulpes velox
(Say 1823)
Vulpes bengalensis
(Shaw 1800)
Vulpes cana
(Blanford 1877)
Vulpes chama
(A Smith 1833)
Vulpes corsac
(Linnaeus 1768)
Vulpes ferrilata
(Hodgson 1842)
Vulpes pallida
(Cretzschmar 1826)
Vulpes rueppellii
(Schinz 1825)
Vulpes zerda
(Zimmermann 1780)
Vulpes lagopus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Vulpes: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
W. Christopher Wozencraft
Notes:
Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545
Reference for:
Vulpes
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Vulpes
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Vulpes
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Vulpes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Vulpes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rice, Dale W.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4
Page(s):
ix + 231
Publisher:
The Society for Marine Mammalogy
Publication Place:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-891276-03-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Vulpes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Vulpes
Vulpes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Vulpes: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Although Frisch (1775) has been ruled a rejected work for nomenclatural purposes, Vulpes has been retained (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1979). Considered a subgenus of Canis by Van Gelder (1978); however, this arrangement is not currently employed by most mammalogists (Corbet, 1978; Corbet and Hill, 1980; Gromov and Baranova, 1981; Hall, 1981; Wozencraft, 1989). McKenna and Bell (1997) included Fennecus and Alopex as congeneric taxa (followed here). Bobrinskii et al...