Vulpes velox

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Vulpes velox

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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 velox

[edit] Name

Vulpes velox (Say, 1823)

Type locality: "camp on the river Platte, at the fording place of the Pawnee Indians, twenty-seven miles [43 km] below the confluence of the North and South, or Paduca Forks." [Camp on 20 June 1820 reported to be at 40.59'15'N (vol. 2)].

[edit] Synonyms

• Vulpes velox hebes Merriam, 1902
• Vulpes velox velox (Say, 1823)

[edit] References

• Say, T. 1823. Canis velox. In Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh of the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820 .... (E. James, compiler), Carey and Lea, Philadelphia. Vol. 2, 356 pp
• Harold J. Egoscue 1979. Vulpes velox, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologist, No. 122, pp. 1-5, 3 figs.
• Vulpes velox 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 velox (Say, 1823) (Least Concern)
• Vulpes velox (Say, 1823) Report on ITIS

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