Vulpes velox

Vulpes velox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes velox

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)].

Synonyms

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

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 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: Vulpes velox (Say, 1823) (Least Concern)
• Vulpes velox (Say, 1823) Report on ITIS

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Vulpes velox

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Swiftfuchs
English: Swift Fox
español: Zorro desértico
eesti: Väle rebane
suomi: Kissakettu
français: Renard véloce
polski: Lis płowy
português: Raposa-orelhuda
Türkçe: Ova tilkisi