Dusicyon australis

Dusicyon australis (Kerr 1792) [Canis] australis Kerr 1792, in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 144. Type Locality: "America and Falkland islands.". Vernacular Names: Falkland Islands Wolf. Synonyms: Dusicyon antarcticus (Bechstein 1799). Distribution: Falkland Isls. Conservation: IUCN – Extinct....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Dusicyon
Dusicyon australis
Antarc*
antarcticus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11344702
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1E9F5FE7F9EA4B1FC4B07C9091B23CA
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Summary:Dusicyon australis (Kerr 1792) [Canis] australis Kerr 1792, in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 144. Type Locality: "America and Falkland islands.". Vernacular Names: Falkland Islands Wolf. Synonyms: Dusicyon antarcticus (Bechstein 1799). Distribution: Falkland Isls. Conservation: IUCN – Extinct. Discussion: Placed in Dusicyon by Cabrera (1931) and Berta (1987, 1988), and considered as a subgenus separate from other "foxes" (i.e., culpaeus , griseus , gymnocercus , and sechurae ) by Langguth (1975) and Van Gelder (1978). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 579, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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