Cerdocyon thous

Cerdocyon thous

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cynoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Cynoidea

Familia: Canidae
Subfamilia: Caninae
Tribus: Canini
Genus: Cerdocyon
Species: Cerdocyon thous
Subspecies: C. t. aquilus – C. t. azarae – C. t. entrerianus – C. t. germanus – C. t. soudanicus – C. t. thous

Name

Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766)

Type locality: "Surinamo" [Surinam].

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1768. Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 60.
• Anaguano-Yancha, F., Pilatasig, A.L., Simba, L., Herrera-Madrid, M., Zapata-Ríos, G. & Brito M., J. 2026. Forest-dwelling crab-eating foxes, Cerdocyon thous (Carnivora, Canidae), in eastern Ecuador: new ecological and genetic records of an elusive Neotropical canid. ZooKeys 1266: 103–125. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.162023 Reference page. 

Links

• Cerdocyon thous in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766) (Least Concern)
• Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

• aragonés: Rabosa cangrillera
• беларуская: Майконг
• Deutsch: Savannenfuchs
• English: Crab-eating Fox
• español: Zorro cangrejero
• français: Renard crabier, renard des savanes
• galego: Raposo cangrexeiro
• polski: Majkong, lis krabojad
• português: Guaraxaim