Vulpes chama

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Vulpes chama

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes chama

[edit] Name

Vulpes chama (A. Smith, 1833)

Type locality: "Namaqualand and the country on both sides of the Orange river" [Namibia]; fixed by Shortridge (1942) as "Port Nolloth, Little Namaqualand."

[edit] Synonyms

• Vulpes caama (C. E. H. Smith, 1839)
• Vulpes hodsoni (Noack, 1910)
• Vulpes variegatoides (Layard, 1861)

[edit] References

• Smith, A. 1833-1834. An epitome of African Zoology; or, a concise description of the objects of the animal kingdom inhabiting Africa, its islands and seas. South African Quarterly Journal, 2: 89.
• Vulpes chama on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Vulpes chama (A. Smith, 1833) (Least Concern)
• Vulpes chama (A. Smith, 1833) Report on ITIS

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